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Your Excellency

On hearing that Your Excellency was elected first secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea at the 4th conference of the WPK, I would like to extend warm congratulations to you on behalf of the Central Committee of the PPC and myself.

This significant event is an expression of the WPK's absolute trust in you leading the building of a thriving nation.

Availing myself of this opportunity, I would like to express my best wishes for your good health and victory in your noble cause.

It is my hope that the ties of friendship and solidarity between the two parties and peoples will grow stronger in the days ahead.