He received congratulatory messages and letters from the general secretary of the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front, the chairman of the C.C., the Party of "Communists of Russia" and the president of the Socialist Party of Benin.

He also received messages and letters from the vice-chairman of the Socialist Freedom Party of Egypt, the co-chairman of the Council of the Kim Il Sung-Kim Jong Il Foundation, the director of the European Society for the Study of the Juche Idea, and senior officials of political, public and economic circles of China, Russia, Thailand, Pakistan, Germany, Belarus, Switzerland, France, Finland, UK, Austria, Nigeria, Benin and Ecuador and delegates of Juche idea study organizations, organizations for supporting Korea's reunification and friendship organizations.

The messages and letters expressed belief that the Korean people would register successes in defending socialism and building a thriving nation under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Un.