Pyongyang, January 12 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), received a message of greeting from Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on January 6.

The president in the message extended sincere New Year greetings to the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un and the great people of the DPRK.

He hoped that the bilateral cooperation between the countries standing on the anti-imperialist front will be strengthened and the bilateral relations further consolidated and developed by making use of the existing potentials as intended by the supreme leaders of the two countries.

The message wished Kim Jong Un good health and success in his work and the people of the DPRK prosperity. -0-