John Evans Atta Mills, president of Ghana, Wednesday sent a message of condolences to Kim Jong Un, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, over the demise of leader Kim Jong Il.

He, on behalf of the government and people of Ghana and on his own, expressed heartfelt condolences and deepest sympathy to Kim Jong Un and the government and the people of the DPRK.

Ghana is sure that the DPRK will advance in unity to attain the goal of building a thriving socialist nation under the leadership of Your Excellency Kim Jong Un, the great successor, and the WPK, he said.