They were the president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam who is general secretary of the C.C., Communist Party of Vietnam, the president of Mongolia, the chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization who is president of the State of Palestine and the president of Bulgaria.

Choe Ryong Hae in his reply messages extended thanks to them for sending congratulations to him upon his election as president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly.

He expressed the expectation and conviction that the relations between the DPRK and those countries would grow stronger in common interests in the future, too.

He also sent a reply message to the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China.