PYONGYANG, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Kim Jong Un, the supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has received a message of thanks from Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad for Pyongyang's support for Damascus in Syria's fight against terrorism, said official media Saturday.
"The president of Syria expressed gratitude to Kim Jong Un on April 6 in reply to his kind congratulations on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Syria's Baath Arab Socialist Party," said the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
Assad "also expressed thanks to him for having appreciated the role of the (Baath Arab Socialist) Party guiding the Syrian people in the struggle to meet challenges such as heinous actions of the world's terrorists," said the KCNA report.
Assad believes that the bilateral relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries would grow stronger in the interests of the two peoples, according to the report.
