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Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Receives Greetings from Palestinian President

Pyongyang, August 16 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, received a message of greeting from Mahmoud Abbas, president of the State of Palestine and chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, on Aug. 15.

The Palestinian president in the message extended the most sincere warm congratulations to the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un and, through him, to the friendly government and people of the DPRK, on behalf of the Palestinian state and people and on his own behalf, on the occasion of the glorious day of Korea's liberation.

The message wished Kim Jong Un good health and happiness and the people of the DPRK progress and prosperity, expressing the belief that the excellent relations between the two countries would grow stronger.