Pyongyang, October 6 (KCNA) -- DPRK Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui sent a message of greeting to Bassam Sabbagh on October 4 on his appointment as minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic.

Expressing the willingness to further strengthen the traditional bonds of friendship and cooperation between the two countries and the anti-imperialist, anti-U.S. joint struggle, the message wished him success in his work for the development of the country's external relations. -0-