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, sent a reply message to Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and president of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, on Sept. 16.

The message said:

I express my deep thanks to you for sending warm congratulations on the occasion of the 76th founding anniversary of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

Expressing belief that the traditional relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries would continue to develop in the future, too, I wish you greater success in your responsible work for building a prosperous socialist state.