Greetings to Belarusian FM

Pyongyang, July 5 (KCNA) -- Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, on July 3 sent a message of greeting to Maxim Ryzhenkov, foreign minister of the Republic of Belarus, on the occasion of its national day.

In the message, Choe Son Hui rejoiced at the substantial and significant successes achieved by the friendly Belarusian people in their efforts to defend the sovereignty, security and interests of the country and promote the wellbeing under the leadership of President Aleksandr Lukashenko.

The message said that the bilateral friendly relations have reached the new development stage without precedent under the close attention of the heads of state of the two countries.

Expressing the belief that the close cooperation and collaboration between the external policy agencies of the two countries would be further deepened and developed at the practical stage for the implementation of the agreement reached at the historic Pyongyang summit meeting, the message wished the Belarusian foreign minister good health and greater success in his responsible work. -0-