The political organization, which described the event as historic, wished the Russian party success in the work of the Congress and greeted its leadership and all party members.

It also hoped that the good-neighborly and friendly relations between the two parties develop a new and higher stage of the strategic and traditional ties of friendship and cooperation between the DPRK and Russia.

It is on good terms with the historic consensus reached at a recent North Korea-Russia Summit, KCNA reported.

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