The message expressed deep sympathy and condolences for the victims and bereaved families, and hoped that the Bangladeshi government would overcome the aftermath of the tragic disaster and achieve social stability at an early date. It reaffirmed the consistent stand of the government of the DPRK to oppose all forms of terrorism.

DPRK Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho sent a message of sympathy to his Bangladeshi counterpart Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on the same day.