Pyongyang, February 21 (KCNA) — Kim Jong Un, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, sent a reply message to Bashar Al-Assad, president of the Syrian Arab Republic, on Feb. 18.
The message said:
I express deep thanks to you for sending me your heartfelt congratulations and best wishes on the occasion of the 78th birth anniversary of the great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il, who is always alive in the hearts of the Korean people and world progressives.
I express the belief that the ties of friendship and cooperation between the two countries would further develop on the road of accomplishing the common cause of independence and justice. -0
