The message said:

Your Excellency respected chairman,

Please accept my congratulations to you on the occasion of the 62nd birthday of the DPRK.

The traditional relations of good-neighborly friendship exist between our two countries.

I am convinced that the boosted relations between Russia and the DPRK would be in line with the fundamental interests of the two peoples and make contribution to ensuring the peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and the rest of Asia as a whole.

Your Excellency Kim Jong Il,

I wish you good health and success and the people of the DPRK happiness and prosperity.