The message said:

I send congratulations to you on the 70th birth anniversary of HE Kim Jong Il, the national holiday of the DPRK.

Russia always remembers and highly estimates the efforts made by HE Kim Jong Il for the development of the good-neighborly relations between the two countries.

I am convinced that the Russia-DPRK cooperation based on the tradition of long-standing friendship and mutual respect will in the future, too, develop in the interests of the two peoples and contribute to ensuring peace and security in the Korean Peninsula and the whole Asian region.

I wish you success in your state activities and the Korean people happiness, peace and prosperity.