Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, on August 23 sent a congratulatory message to Seyyed Abbas Araghchi upon his appointment as foreign minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Expressing belief that the traditional DPRK-Iran relations of friendship and cooperation would grow stronger through close cooperation between the two foreign ministries, the message wished the Iranian foreign minister success in his responsible work. -0-