They are Raul Castro Ruz, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, president of the Council of State and president of the Council of Ministers of Cuba; Choummaly Sayasone, general secretary of the C.C., Lao People's Revolutionary Party, president of Laos and chairman of the Central Committee of Defence and Security of Laos; Zillur Rahman, president of Bangladesh; Bashar Al-Assad, regional secretary of the Arab Baath Socialist Party and president of Syria; Norodom Sihamoni, king of Cambodia; Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, president of Nigeria and commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces; Joseph Kabila Kabange, president of Democratic Congo; Girma Wolde-Giorgis, president of Ethiopia; and Thomas Motsoahe Thabane, prime minister of Lesotho.

In the messages he expressed deep thanks to them for sincere congratulations and best wishes.

He wished them successes in their work for the prosperity of the countries, expressing belief that the friendly and cooperative relations between the DPRK and those countries would grow stronger.