Pyongyang, May 24 (KCNA) -- Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, received a message of greeting from Maris Sangiampongsa, foreign minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, on May 2 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the DPRK and Thailand.

Saying that the two countries have maintained friendly relations for half a century, the message hoped that both sides would closely cooperate to further strengthen the bilateral relations in the mutual interests of the two countries and peoples. -0-