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 Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov on Monday.

In the message the president expressed heartfelt condolences over the sudden demise of Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the WPK and chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission.

He hoped that Kim Jong Un would display strong mental power and will.