Pyongyang, October 29 (KCNA) -- Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, sent a message of greeting to Yvan Eduardo Gil Pinto, foreign minister of the People's Power of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, on Oct. 28 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

The message expressed belief that the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries would continue to develop in the joint struggle for independence against imperialism, extending firm support and solidarity to the Venezuelan people's efforts for defending the sovereignty of the country and achieving its stability and development. -0-