The message said the government and people of Laos have achieved great successes in socio-economic development and improvement of the living standard of the people under the correct leadership of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party for the past 44 years.

Expressing conviction that the traditional and excellent relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries will grow stronger, it wished the Lao prime minister greater success in his responsible work for the development and prosperity of the country.

On the same day DPRK Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho sent a message of greeting to his Lao counterpart Saleumxay Kommasith.