Kim Yong Nam in the message said that the two countries have strengthened the mutual political support and steadily expanded the economic and cultural cooperation for the last four decades since the establishment of diplomatic relations, adding that it positively contributed to accomplishing the common cause for defending the sovereignty of the countries from all sorts of challenges of foreign forces and achieving the well-being of the peoples.

In the belief that the bilateral ties of friendship and cooperation would further develop on a new high stage in the future, Kim sincerely wished the president of Equatorial Guinea great success in his noble work for building better Equatorial Guinea.