Pyongyang, November 23 (KCNA) -- DPRK Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui sent a message of greeting to Abdallah Bouhabib, minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigrants of Lebanon, on Nov. 22 on the occasion of the 81st anniversary of its independence.

Expressing belief that the friendly relations between the two countries would continue to develop in the mutual interests of their peoples, the message extended support and solidarity to the Lebanese people in their just struggle for defending the sovereignty of the country and territorial integrity. -0-