Pyongyang, December 16 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, Thursday sent a message of greeting to Hugo Chavez Frias, president of Venezuela, as regards the fact that the foundation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States was officially proclaimed at the regional summit of heads of state recently held in Caracas under the sponsorship of Venezuela.

Kim in the message described the foundation of the community as a historic event that brought into a reality the long-cherished desire of the regional peoples to promote unified development through strengthened regional unity and cooperation.

Affirming the steadfast stand and will of the government and the people of the DPRK to positively develop the friendly and cooperative relations with the member states of the community, the message sincerely hoped that the countries of the community would consolidate the regional integration and achieve the common development and prosperity in closer unity.