The message sent warm congratulations and comradely greetings to Thongloun Sisoulith upon his election as president of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

The message said that his assumption of important duty of state leader in the recent election is an expression of deep trust and expectation of all the Lao people in him.

The message sincerely hoped that the fraternal people of Laos would make momentous progress in their struggle for national defense and the building of a prosperous socialist state under the leadership of the LPRP headed by the general secretary.

Expressing the conviction that the traditional bonds of friendship and cooperation between the DPRK and Laos will be given a steady continuity in the future, too, in the joint struggle for victory in the cause of socialism, the message sincerely wished Thongloun Sisoulith good health and greater success in his responsible duty.