Message of Condolences to Kim Jong Un from Raul Castro

Pyongyang, December 20 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, on Monday received a message of condolences from Raul Castro Ruz, first secretary of the C.C., Communist Party, president of the Council of State and president of the Council of Ministers of Cuba.

The message said:

Dear Comrade,

I, on behalf of the Communist Party, government and people of Cuba, express most profound condolences to you over the demise of the great leader of the Korean people Comrade Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK.

Please accept my best regards. -0-