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Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un receives New Year greetings from abroad

Date: 17/01/2026 | Source: Pyongyang Times | Read original version at source

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un received congratulatory messages and letters from different countries on the occasion of the New Year 2026.

The messages and letters came from the acting president of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Nepal Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist), the president of the Bangladesh People's League, the general secretary of the Islamic Coalition Party of Iran, the chairman and the deputy secretary general of the National Leading Council of the Diversity Party of Indonesia, the general secretary of the Central Committee of the All-India Forward Bloc, the chairman of the Socialist Party of Romania, the chairperson and the first vice-chairperson of the Left National Party of Romania, the chairperson of the Party for Peace and Unity of Russia, the chairman of the Communist Party in Sweden, the chairman of the Slovak Communist Party and the secretary general of its Central Committee, the chairman and the international secretary of the Finnish Communists' League, the general secretary and concurrently international secretary of the Serbian Communist Party, the general secretary and the international secretary of the Central Committee of the New Yugoslav Communist Party, the general secretary of the Movement for Peace and Socialism of Italy, the national chairperson of the Socialist Democrats' Union of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the national leader of the Workers' Party of Mexico, the general secretary of the Central Committee of the People's Socialist Party of Mexico and the first secretary of the Communist Party of Chile (Proletarian Action).

Kim Jong Un also received congratulatory messages and letters from personages of political, social and economic circles of China, Russia, Nepal, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Cyprus, Iran, Indonesia, Japan, Norway, Denmark, Romania, Malta, Moldova, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Sweden, France, Finland, Croatia, Serbia, Britain, Austria, Iceland, Spain, Guinea, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Argentina and Australia, including the director of the International Department of the Socialist Workers' Party of Croatia, the general secretary of the International Alliance of Societies for the Study of the Juche Idea in East European and Central Asian Regions, the secretary general of the African Regional Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea and the head of the Orchestra of the 21st Century of Russia, and representatives of Juche idea study organizations, organizations for friendship and solidarity with the Korean people and diplomatic missions and international bodies in Pyongyang.

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