Pyongyang, April 21 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, sent a congratulatory message to Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the Republic of Cuba, on April 19.

In the message Kim Jong Un extended warm and sincere congratulations to Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez on his reelection as the president of the Republic of Cuba at the formation meeting of the 10th-term National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba.

Your continued assumption of the important post as the president of the Republic of Cuba is an expression of high confidence and support of the Cuban Party, government and people to you, and is a sure guarantee for firmly safeguarding and advancing the socialist cause of Cuba despite the hostile forces' vicious and persistent sanctions and blockade and their moves to disintegrate the country from inside and manifold difficulties, the message said, and went on:

I am firmly convinced that the fraternal Cuban people will get united closely around the Cuban Party and government headed by you, the first secretary, and win a shining victory in the struggle to creditably carry forward the revolutionary cause pioneered by the forerunners at the cost of their blood and build a powerful and prosperous socialist country.

Our Party, government and people will in the future, too, always stand by the Cuban Party, government and people on the road of accomplishing the socialist cause and will exert all efforts to further strengthen and develop the strategic and comradely relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries.

The message sincerely wished the first secretary greater successes in his important and responsible work of leading the Party and the state. -0-