Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Receives Greetings from Palestinian President

Pyongyang, August 16 (KCNA) -- Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 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 August 15.

The message said:

With my consideration

We are pleased to extend to Your Excellency and through you to the friendly people of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea the warmest congratulations on the occasion of the 81st anniversary of Korea's liberation.

We take this opportunity to wish Your Excellency good health and happiness and your country and people greater progress and prosperity.

Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. -0-