The message expressed gratitude to Kim Jong Un for his kind congratulations on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Syria's Baath Arab Socialist Party.

It also expressed thanks to him for having appreciated the role of the Party guiding the Syrian Arab people in the struggle to meet such challenges as sinister actions of the world's terrorists and encouraged Syria to successfully weather the crisis without fail.

It expressed belief that the bilateral relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries would grow stronger in the interests of the two peoples.