Pyongyang, December 22 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, Tuesday received messages of condolences from Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj and Prime Minister Sukhbaataryn Batbold over the demise of leader Kim Jong Il.

The message from the president expressed deep condolences on behalf of the Mongolian people and on his own, and said they share the sorrow with the Korean people.

The Mongolian people will always remember the devotion made by Kim Jong Il to deepen the traditional relations of friendship between the two countries, it said.