普京和金正恩称他们是好朋友

Vladimir Putin and Kim this beginning of a beautiful bromance?

普京和金正恩，这是一段美好兄弟情的开始吗？

Increasingly isolated from the leaders ofmajor world powers, Russian President Vladimir Putin's governme nt announced on Wednesday that it had entered into a "Year of Friendship" with nuclear-armed pariah state North Korea.

由于渐渐受到世界主要强国的领导人孤立，俄总统普京政府周三宣称已经与拥有核武器的国家朝鲜进入了“朝俄友好年”。

Russia and North Korea announced thearrangement through their respective government-owned media outlets. The Korean Central News Agency said the move "was caused by their joint bid to achieve ahigher level in political, economic and cultural relations."

俄罗斯和朝鲜通过各自的媒体宣布了这个安排。朝中社说这个举动是为了"加强政治，经济和文化方面的关系"。

Russia's ambassador to North Korea, Alexander Matsegora, said that Putin and North Korean leader KimJo un are in frequent contact. "An active political dialogue ismaintained at the highest and high level," Ma tsegora told Russian news agency TASS. "The leaders of the two countries regularly exchange messages."

俄罗斯驻朝鲜大使说普京和朝鲜领导人金正恩正在频繁接触。“双方的政治会谈以最高的级别在进行着，”他对俄塔社说：“两国领导人经常交换信息”。

Matsegora said that Russia believes thereis room for significant expansion of the economic relationship between the two countries. "Taking into account the considerable unused potential, we are not yet satisfied with the level of its development," he said. "A lot has to be done in this direction in the future." This would include financial cooperation, as well as trade and investment deals.

他说俄罗斯方面相信两国在经济合作方面还有很大的扩展空间。"考虑到还有很多的潜力没有被利用到，所以我们对目前的合作水平还不是很满意。”他说。"在这方面未来还有很多的事情需要做。”这将包括金融合作，以及贸易和投资协议。