Pyongyang, August 31 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, sent a message of greeting to George Maxwell Richard, president of Trinidad and Tobago, on Wednesday on the 49th anniversary of its independence.

Expressing the belief that the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries would grow stronger as desired by the two peoples, Kim in the message wished Trinidad and Tobago development and prosperity.