North Korean state media marked the second anniversary of the Pyongyang summit between leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, praising the signing of a mutual defense treaty that paved the way for joint fighting against Ukrainian “neo-Nazis.”

Pyongyang kept up its outreach to friendly states. Kim sent a birthday message to Chinese President Xi Jinping, while a visiting Vietnamese security minister affirmed efforts to strengthen legal cooperation. 

State media issued a series of Foreign Ministry statements rejecting the international community’s calls for denuclearization, while the leader’s sister Kim