On the occasion the president said he is glad with the fact that Nepal and the DPRK have long had close relations of friendship. We sincerely wish the Korean people great victory in the drive to build a great prosperous and powerful socialist nation, he added.

He expressed firm belief that all the people in the north and the south of Korea would achieve national reunification in a peaceful way through their unity and the government and the people of the DPRK would register successes in their efforts for the prosperity of the country.