Pyongyang, October 30 (KCNA) -- Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, on Oct. 21 sent a congratulatory message to Sugiono upon his appointment as foreign minister of the Republic of Indonesia.

The message expressed expectation that the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries with a long history and tradition would develop in the common interests of their peoples in the future. -0-