Kim Jong-un, chairperson of North Korea's State Affairs Commission, flaunted ties with Laos.
On the 2nd, the Korean Central News Agency said the chairperson sent a congratulatory message to Thongloun Sisoulith, president of Laos, to mark the 50th anniversary of Laos' founding. A flower basket in the name of the chairperson was also delivered through North Korea's ambassador to Laos.
In the message, the chairperson said, "I am confident that, in keeping with the spirit of the agreement reached at our meeting in Pyongyang, the relations of friendship and cooperation between the two parties and the two countries will continue to develop excellently."
In North Korea, Laos is regarded as a representative socialist friendly nation. North Korea and Laos, which established diplomatic relations in June 1974, have maintained ideological bonds as socialist states for more than 50 years.
Earlier, in Oct., President Sisoulith of Laos visited North Korea to mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party and held a summit with the chairperson. At the time, the two leaders discussed ways to strengthen cooperation between the two countries.