Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Receives Greetings from President of Equatorial Guinea

Pyongyang, September 9 (KCNA) -- Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, received a message of greeting from Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, president of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, on September 5.

The message said:

Respected friend, Your Excellency President,

I extend the warmest and sincerest congratulations on behalf of the people and the government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea and on my own behalf to Your Excellency on the occasion of the 78th founding anniversary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Availing ourselves of this opportunity, we sincerely wish your country peace, progress and prosperity and affirm once again the will to preserve and strengthen the good friendly and cooperative relations between the peoples of the two countries.

I pay the highest tribute to you. -0-