He met with Han Tae Song, DPRK ambassador to Malta, on April 3.

He was convinced that the Korean people would greet the centenary of the birth of President Kim Il Sung with shining achievements in economic construction under the wise leadership of the dear respected Kim Jong Un, he said.

He hoped that everything would continue going well in the DPRK.

Satellite launch is a legitimate right of sovereign states, he said, expressing his will to work hard to expand the friendly relations between the Malta Labor Party and the Workers' Party of Korea and between Malta and the DPRK in the political, economic, cultural and other fields.