Pyongyang, September 25 (KCNA) -- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un received congratulatory messages and letters from foreign personages on the occasion of the 73rd founding anniversary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

They included the president of the Republic of Serbia, the Central Committee of the Democratic Workers' Party of Spain, the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Nepal Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist), the secretary general of the Lebanon Federation of Workers, the general secretary of the Mongolian People's Party, the chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Bangladesh National Socialist Party, the general secretary of the Syrian Communist Party (Unified), the general secretary of the Arab Democratic Union Party of Syria, the general secretary of the Al Ahd al Watani Party of Syria, the general secretary of the Socialist Unionist Party of Syria, the general secretary of the Syrian Arab Socialist Union Party, the chairman of the Funcinpec Party of Cambodia, the secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Democratic Front, the general secretary of the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front, the chairman of the Motherland Party of Turkey, the general chairman and the secretary general of the National Guidance Council of the Pioneer Party of Indonesia, the general chairperson and the secretary general of the Central Directive Council of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, the chairman and the deputy secretary general of the National Leading Council of the Diversity Party of Indonesia, the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the general secretary of the National Council of the Communist Party of India, the general secretary of the Central Committee of the All-India Forward Bloc, the acting chairman of the German Communist Party, the chairman of the Socialist Party of Romania, the chairman of the Supreme Council of the National Socialist Party of Romania, the chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, the chairwoman of the Party for Peace and Unity of Russia, the chairman of the National Salvation Front of Russia, the chairman of the Hungarian Workers' Party, the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus, the general secretary of the Communist Party of Switzerland, the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party-21 of the Czech Republic, the chairman and the international secretary of the Finnish Communists' League, the general secretary and the international secretary of the Central Committee of the New Yugoslav Communist Party, the general secretary of the Movement for Peace and Socialism of Italy, the general secretary of the Unified Communist Party of Italy, the general secretary of the Guinean Rainbow People's Assembly, the acting general secretary of the Democratic Rally of Africa-Democratic Party of Guinea, the national chairman of the People's Progressive Party of Nigeria, the chairman of the African Party for the Solidarity and Justice of Mali, the chairperson of the Coalition for Mali, the secretary general of the Mozambique Liberation Front Party, the general secretary of the Socialist Party of Senegal, the general secretary of the Workers' Party for the Independence of Senegal, the general secretary of the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea, the general secretary of the Communist Party of the DR Congo, the general secretary of the Workers' Party of the DR Congo, the national chairman of the Popular Revolutionary Party of the DR Congo, the national chairman of the Socialist Democrats' Union of the DR Congo, the chairman of the Ugandan National Executive Committee of the Pan-African Movement, the chairman of the Socialist Workers' Party of Egypt, the general secretary of the Central Committee of the People's Socialist Party of Mexico, the general secretary and the secretary for International Relations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Venezuela and the general coordinator of the Federal Political Secretariat of the United Left Party of Venezuela.

Among the personages who sent the messages and letters were the heir to the emir and the prime minister of the State of Kuwait, the vice-emir of the State of Qatar, the prime minister of the Republic of Armenia, the deputy general secretary of the Syria's Baath Arab Socialist Party, the vice-general secretary for International Affairs of the Islamic Coalition Party of Iran, the senior leader of the Indian People's Party, the director of the International Department of the Socialist Workers' Party of Croatia, the international secretary of the Serbian Communist Party, the international secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the People of Spain, the deputy general secretary of the National Democratic Congress of Ghana, the deputy secretary general of the African National Congress of South Africa, the vice-chairman of the Socialist Freedom Party of Egypt, the vice-president of the Brazilian Communist Party, the first vice-chairman of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, the co-chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kim Il Sung - Kim Jong Il Foundation, the president of the International Group of Italy, the UN secretary-general, the director-general of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the chairman of the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organization, the director-general and the vice-director general of the International Institute of the Juche Idea, the vice-director general and the director of the Asian Regional Institute of the Juche Idea, the deputy director-general and the councilor of the European Society for the Study of the Juche Idea, the deputy director general of the African Regional Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea, the honorary director-general of the Latin American Institute of the Juche Idea, the co-chairman of the Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for Supporting Peaceful Reunification of Korea and the head of the Orchestra of the 21st Century of Russia.

They also included high-ranking personages of political, public and economic circles and the military, representatives of organizations for the study of the Juche idea, organizations for supporting Korea's reunification and friendship organizations in China, Russia, Nepal, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Bangladesh, Syria, Singapore, Cambodia, Thailand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Kazakhstan, Cyprus, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Indonesia, India, Japan, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Romania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Bulgaria, Belarus, Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, France, Finland, Poland, Britain, Austria, Ukraine, Italy, Spain, Guinea, South Africa, Libya, Mali, Senegal, Zambia, Zimbabwe, the DR Congo, Tunisia, Algeria, Angola, Uganda, Ethiopia, the U.S., Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Peru, Ecuador and Australia, and representatives of international bodies here.

Meanwhile, the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea received a congratulatory message from the Central Committee of the People's Party of Cambodia. -0-