Pyongyang, June 13 (KCNA) -- Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, sent a message of greeting to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Viktorovich Lavrov on June 12 on the occasion of the Day of Russia.

Choe Son Hui in the message said that she was pleased with the fact that the strong and resourceful Russian people being proud of their long history and time-honored culture are making remarkable successes in the struggle for firmly defending the sovereignty and security interests of their country and establishing a multipolarized and fair international order.

The message stressed that the communication between the foreign policy agencies of the two countries and their joint action would be done more closely to accelerate the great progress of the alliance relations between the two countries in conformity with the strategic plan and intention of the top leaders of the two countries. -0-