The Lao president in the message extended warm congratulations and best wishes to the C.C., WPK, the DPRK government and all the Korean people on behalf of the C.C., LPRP and government and people of Laos and on his own behalf on the 69th founding anniversary of the DPRK.

For the past 69 years, the DPRK has made steady socio-economic development under the leadership of the WPK, and the Korean people have undergone daily improvement in their living, the message said.

It expressed the conviction that the DPRK will overcome all hardships and ordeals under the guidance of Kim Jong Un and contribute to protecting and promoting the regional and global peace and stability.

It hoped that the traditional friendship and unity between the two parties, two states and two peoples will grow strong.

It sincerely wished Kim Jong Un good health and success in his noble work.