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March 16, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Volha \u010camadanava, leader of the Bie\u0142aja Ru\u015b party, visited the North Korean embassy in Minsk on March 16 to convey her congratulations for Kim Jong Un on his re-election as leader of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bie\u0142aja Ru\u015b has posted a video of her reading out a lengthy congratulatory message on its website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Korean media reported Kim\u2019s re-election to the top post of the ruling party on February 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian ruler Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka released a congratulatory message to Kim on February 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under party rules, the congress, which Kim has held every five years since 2016, elects the general secretary to serve as the party\u2019s top representative and leader. Kim, 42, has held the party\u2019s top post throughout his rule, though the title changed from first secretary to chairman at the congress in 2016 and then to general secretary at the congress in 2021.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Korea is a totalitarian state under a strict cult of personality and also under UN Security Council sanctions over its nuclear program. Since its foundation in 1948, the power has been handed over from father to son \u2013 from Kim Il Sung to Kim Jong Il to Kim Jong Un.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minsk has sought top-level contacts with North Korea for the last two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In early September, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka met Kim in Beijing where both attended a military parade. The Belarusian ruler reportedly received an invitation to North Korea during that meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian Foreign Minister Maksim Ry\u017eanko\u016d visited North Korea in July 2024. Earlier the same year, a Belarusian government delegation participated in the third meeting of the bilateral intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation in North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Kim congratulated \u0141uka\u0161enka on extending his 30-year-long rule in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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