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Every year on September 9, North Korea receives congratulatory messages from heads of state and international organizations to mark the anniversary of its establishment. This year, the fact that the UN Secretary-General allowed the full congratulatory message to be released was unusually notable.
Korean Central News Agency, published the full text... Congratulatory message from Charles III of England
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeon Myung-hoon = The Korean Central News Agency reported on the 12th that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent a congratulatory message to Chairman Kim Jong-un on the 78th anniversary of the establishment of the North Korean regime (September 9).
In a congratulatory message sent on the 9th, Secretary-General Guterres congratulated North Korea on its National Day and said, "National Day reminds us again of the value of dialogue and solidarity in responding to global challenges."
Secretary-General Guterres listed immediate challenges such as ending and preventing war, climate response, reducing inequality, and managing technology transfer, and emphasized, "Responding to these and other challenges requires renewed engagement and commitment to multilateral cooperation that can ensure peace and security, achieve sustainable development goals, and protect human rights."
Secretary-General Guterres also included in his congratulatory message his gratitude to the UN Resident Coordinator for North Korea for the warm welcome he received from the authorities when he visited Pyongyang for the first time in six years in July.
North Korea has repeatedly disclosed that the UN Secretary-General sent a congratulatory message on the anniversary of the regime's establishment, but disclosing the full text is considered somewhat unusual.
On this day, the Korean Central News Agency also released the full text of congratulatory messages sent around September 9th by, in addition to Secretary-General Guterres, King Charles III of England, Indian President Droupadi Murmu, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, and King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand.
In their congratulatory messages, each country generally emphasized friendship with North Korea.
In a congratulatory message sent on the 7th, Charles III encouraged North Korea's participation in climate response, saying, "I fervently hope that the two countries (Britain and North Korea) will cooperate to play an active role in climate change and environmental problems that are affecting everyone around the world."
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There is a possibility that North Korea will resume practical discussions, including climate change response, in areas of cooperation with the United Nations in the future.
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