Kim Jong Un received congratulatory messages from the Lao president who is general secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, the president of Syria who is regional secretary of the Arab Baath Socialist Party and the chief of the Palestinian National Authority who is president of Palestine and chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

He in the messages expressed his conviction that the friendly and cooperative relations between the DPRK and relevant countries which have a long history and tradition would steadily develop, wishing them successes in their work and the struggle of the people of the said countries.