Pyongyang, February 12 (KCNA) -- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un received a floral basket and a congratulatory letter from the diplomatic corps here on the occasion of the 83rd birth anniversary of Chairman Kim Jong Il.

The floral basket and the letter were handed over to an official concerned by the Russian ambassador who is doyen of the corps and the Vietnamese ambassador on Feb. 11.

On the same day, Kim Jong Un also received floral baskets and congratulatory letters from the Vietnamese and Cuban ambassadors and congratulatory letters from the Iranian and Nigerian charges d'affaires ad interim. -0-