DPRK top leader unveils Aurus car, a gift from Putin

Pyongyang, Mar 16 (Prensa Latina) The general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), Kim Jong Un, premiered the Aurus armored car, a gift from Russian President Vladimir Putin, the ACNC agency reported today.

March 16, 2024
11:03

According to Kim Yo Jong Un, deputy department head of the WPK Central Committee, the chairman of the State Affairs Committee of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) used for the first time at a public event yesterday the exclusive-use car given by Putin in February.

The vehicle’s special functions are perfect and totally reliable, she said in a statement.

I am very glad that the top leader of our party and state used this special car, which was dedicated to him by the head of the Russian state, she assured.

The Party official also considered it “a clear sign of the Korea-Russia friendship that is being strengthened and developed comprehensively in the new higher stage.”

The DPRK leader visited the Russian Federation in September 2023, where he met with Putin.

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