Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- The 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 congratulatory message from Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, president of the Republic of Cuba, on April 1.

The message said:

Respected Comrade President,

I, on behalf of the Cuban people and on my own behalf, extend the most fraternal congratulations to you on your reelection as President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Taking this opportunity, I affirm that I am attaching greatest importance to the relations with the DPRK based on the firm foundation and the common struggle for advancing socialist construction.

I affirm once again our will to expand the ties of friendship, cooperation and solidarity between the two countries.

Please accept my highest regard. -0-