Pyongyang, December 28 (KCNA) -- The dear respected Kim Jong Un received a message of condolences from Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir on Dec. 19.

He said in the message that he received the sad news of the demise of leader Kim Jong Il with a heavy heart.

He, on the behalf of the government and people of Sudan and on his own behalf, expressed the deepest condolences on the demise of Kim Jong Il.