Congratulatory Message to Kim Jong Il from Putin
Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)
Pyongyang, February 16 (KCNA) -- Chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission Kim Jong Il received a congratulatory message from Russian President V. Putin on Feb. 16. The message said:
Please accept my sincere congratulations to you on your birthday. Russia knows well about the role you have played for the development of friendship, good neighborliness and cooperative relations between our two countries. I am sure that the traditional friendly and many-sided ties between Russia and the DPRK will continue to expand in the interests of the two peoples in the future, too, and contribute to ensuring peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and the Asia-Pacific region, on the solid basis of the treaty concluded on Feb. 9, 2000. I wish you good health and success in your work and the Korean people happiness and prosperity.
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