Saaeed Eleia Dawood, chairman of the Syrian Arab-Korea Friendship Association and director of the Organizational Department of the Regional Leadership of the Syria’s Baath Arab Socialist Party, said in a statement on April 13:

The Syrian people are greatly pleased with HE Kim Jong Un's election to the top post of People's Korea.

I hope the brave Korean people will shatter the moves of the imperialists to break the single-minded unity of Korean society and register greater progress and prosperity under the leadership of HE Kim Jong Un.

Shapril Arsiyad, chairman of the Indonesian Federation of Transport Workers Unions, in a statement on April 14 extended warm congratulations to Kim Jong Un. He expressed that the Korean people would make great progress in building a thriving nation under his leadership.