Pyongyang, July 8 (KCNA) -- Pak Pong Ju, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, sent a message of sympathy to Tony Blair, prime minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The message expressed deep sympathy with and consolation to the prime minister and, through him, to the U.K. government and all victims in connection with the casualties of many innocent people caused by a series of explosions in London on July 7.
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun sent a similar message to his U.K. counterpart Jack Straw.