Pyongyang, December 28 (KCNA) -- The dear respected Kim Jong Un on Dec. 19 received a condolatory message from Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.

The message said:

I learnt the news in deepest grief that HE Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission, passed away.

At this heartbreaking moment I express deepest condolences to you and the Korean people.