Pyongyang, October 8 (KCNA) -- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un sent a message of greeting to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, on Monday.

The message said:

My closest Comrade Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin,

I extend sincere and warm congratulations to you on your birthday.

You have made remarkable successes in the course of resolutely defending the sovereignty, security, development and interests of the country and building powerful Russia with energetic and wise leadership with your heavy and sacred duty for the prosperity of Russia and promotion of the wellbeing of the Russian people for a long time and thus enjoy boundless trust and support by the Russian people.

I am now recollecting with deep emotion the days when we developed the traditional DPRK-Russia relations into the invincible alliance relations and eternal strategic relations with the realization of independence and justice as the common idea and deepened our friendship by declaring to the world together with you the establishment of the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries in Pyongyang on last June 19.

Meetings and comradely ties between us to be continued in the future will make a positive contribution to further consolidating the eternal foundation of the DPRK-Russia friendship and strategic and cooperative relations put on an orbit of fresh comprehensive development and defending regional and global peace and international justice.

I believe you will as ever lead great Russia only to the road of victory and honor full of vigor.

Availing myself of this opportunity, I reaffirm our full and disinterested support and solidarity with the just cause of the army and people of Russia.

I toast your good health and bigger success in your work, congratulating you on your birthday here in Pyongyang together with my friends.

Pyongyang will always stand by Moscow.

To my closest comrade. -0-