They were Dmitri Anatoliyevich Medvedev, president of Russian Federation, President of the Council of Ministers Raul Castro Ruz, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the Council of State of Cuba, Thein Sein, president of Myanmar, Syria's President Bashar Al－Assad, regional secretary of Syria's Baath Arab Socialist Party, Alpha Conde, president of Guinea, Joseph Kabila Kabange, president of Democratic Congo, and Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, president of Uganda.

They also included Vishwanath, director-general of the International Institute of the Juche Idea and secretary general of the "International Kim Il Sung Prize" Council, and Johnny Hon, chairman of the "International Kim Il Sung Foundation".

He in those messages expressed deep thanks to them for sending messages reflecting the ardent admiration and respect for leader Kim Jong Il on his 70th birth anniversary.

He wished them successes in their work, expressing conviction that the relations of friendship and cooperation with those countries would continue to grow stronger.