DPRK’s Kim congratulates Queen Elizabeth on jubilee

This picture taken on June 17, 2021 and released from the DPRK's official Korean Central News Agency on June 18, 2021 shows DPRK leader Kim Jong-un attending the third day sitting of the 3rd Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang. (STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)

SEOUL  – The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has sent a message of congratulations to Queen Elizabeth, the state's foreign ministry said, as Britain celebrates her Platinum Jubilee.

I extend my congratulations to you and your people on the occasion of the National Day of your country, the official birthday of Your Majesty.

Kim Jong-un, DPRK leader

Friday marked the second of four days of pomp, parties and parades to celebrate the 96-year-old monarch's record-breaking 70 years on the throne.

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"I extend my congratulations to you and your people on the occasion of the National Day of your country, the official birthday of Your Majesty," Kim said in a message dated June 2.

Britain and the DPRK established diplomatic relations in 2000.

The DPRK is one of the few countries that the queen, who is also head of state of 14 other nations including Australia, Canada and New Zealand, has never visited during her long reign. She has however paid a state visit to the Republic of Korea.

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