Kim Jong Un, president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, sent a reply message to Bashar Al-Assad, president of the Syrian Arab Republic, on April 20.

In the message Kim Jong Un expressed deep thanks for the Syrian president's sincere congratulations on the occasion of the 111th birth anniversary of Comrade Kim Il Sung, the great leader of the Korean people.

The message expressed the conviction that the traditional relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries would continue to grow stronger in the future, too, in line with the noble intentions of the preceding leaders and the requirements of the new era.