Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- 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 Oct. 10.

The message said:

I extend warm greetings.

We are pleased to extend tender-hearted congratulations to Your Excellency on the occasion of the 80th founding anniversary of the powerful Workers' Party of Korea.

On the occasion of this important occasion, we wish Your Excellency and the members of the Workers' Party of Korea good health and happiness and your country and people greater progress and prosperity.

I pay the highest respect to Your Excellency. -0-