# North Korea congratulates United Russia on State Duma election victory

https://mins.news/en/item/75292

- TASS, 2026-09-26 14:28 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2193321

> Jo Yong Won, secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea Central Committee, congratulated United Russia leader Dmitry Medvedev on the party’s victory in the election to the ninth State Duma. He expressed hope that strategic and tactical cooperation between the two ruling parties would intensify as agreements reached by North Korean and Russian leaders are implemented.

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