Pyongyang, May 24 (KCNA) -- Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, sent a message of greeting to her Thai counterpart Maris Sangiampongsa on May 8 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the DPRK and Thailand.

Expressing the belief that the relations between the two countries with a long history and tradition would continue to grow stronger through the close mutual cooperation between the foreign ministries of the two countries, the message wished the Thai foreign minister greater success in his work for the development of the country's external relations. -0-