The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un in the message expressed deep thanks to the Syrian president for having extended warm congratulations and best wishes to him on the occasion of the 80th birth anniversary of Chairman Kim Jong Il.

He expressed belief that the traditional relations of friendship and cooperation between the DPRK and Syria provided in the common struggle for independence against imperialism will as ever grow stronger in line with the noble will of the preceding leaders and the desire of peoples of the two countries.