Pyongyang, December 22 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, received a message of condolences from Guinean President Alpha Conde Monday.

The message said:

It was with great sorrow that I heard together with the Guinean people the sad news that HE Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and staunch guardian of the noble cause of the Korean people, passed away.

At this moment of grief I, on behalf of the government and the people of Guinea and on my own, express the most profound condolences and ask you to pass my sincere condolences on the brave Korean people.

Please accept, Your Excellency Vice-chairman, the assurances of highest consideration.