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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Pyongyang, December 9 (Xinhua) — Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and Chairman of State Affairs of the DPRK, sent a telegram of condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday over the death of Russian Ambassador to the DPRK Alexander Matsegora, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Tuesday.
In the telegram, Kim Jong-un, on behalf of the DPRK government and himself, expressed deep condolences to Vladimir Putin, the leadership of the Russian Federation, and the grieving family “in connection with the sudden death” of A. Matsegora on Saturday, the statement said.
"The ambassador's sudden death at a time when the development of relations between the DPRK and Russia has entered a decisive historical stage is a truly heartbreaking event and a huge loss not only for the government and people of Russia, but also for me and the people of the DPRK," KCNA quoted Kim Jong-un as saying.
The statement said that the DPRK's supreme leader also expressed deep sympathy to the Russian embassy.
North Korean Foreign Minister Choi Son Hui sent a telegram of condolences to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday in connection with the death of A. Matsegora, according to another KCNA report on Tuesday.
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