Palestinian Ambassador to the DPRK Ismail Ahmed Mohamed Hasan who is doyen of the diplomatic corps, and Military, Naval and Air Attache of the Chinese embassy here Zhang Ping who is doyen of the military attaches corps handed the floral baskets and congratulatory letters to Army General Pak Yong Sik, minister of the People's Armed Forces, and an official concerned.

Kim Jong Un also received floral baskets from the Lao and Vietnamese ambassadors to the DPRK, the missions of the UNDP, WFP, UNICEF WHO and FAO and the office of the UN Population Fund here, a congratulatory letter and a gift from the Brazilian ambassador to the DPRK and congratulatory letters from the acting UN resident coordinator and concurrently representative of the WFP, the acting UNDP resident representative and concurrently acting UN Population Fund representative, the acting UNICEF representative, the acting WHO representative and the vice representative of the FAO mission here.