The president said that the friendly relations between the two countries provided and developed by President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il together with President Hafez Al-Assad are growing stronger under the care of the respected H.E. Kim Jong Un.

He referred to the fact that the hostile forces are intensifying the sanctions and blockade against the DPRK and committing vicious provocations against it.

He said that the tough stand taken by the Korean people under the leadership of Kim Jong Un is startling the world.

He stressed that the Syrian leadership and people positively support the Korean people in their struggle to reunify the country.

Present there were the minister of Culture who doubles as chairman of the Syrian side to the DPRK-Syria Joint Economic Committee and the DPRK ambassador to Syria.