The message said that the Russian people have achieved great successes in building Russia with powerful defence muscle and economy out of confidence in the future, overcoming all sorts of challenges and obstruction at home and abroad.

Expressing the belief that the centuries-old traditional relations of friendship and cooperation between the DPRK and Russia would grow stronger in conformity with the spirit of the agreement made at the first meeting of the top leaders of the two countries, it wished the Russian foreign minister greater success in his responsible work.