Reception given by DPRK embassy in Russia
Invited to the reception were Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Andrei Beloussov, First Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Ivan Melinikov, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Mikhail Galuzin, Vice-Minister of Defence Alexandr Fomin, Vice-Minister of Internal Affairs Vitali Shulika and personages of the government, parliament, organizations and institutions including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Supreme Prosecutor's Office.
Present there were Sin Hong Chol, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the DPRK to Russia, and staff members of his embassy.
The participants first laid floral baskets and bouquets before the joint picture of the great leaders
Then they looked round the photos on the noble revolutionary careers and exploits of the great leaders and the undying achievements made by the respected Comrade
Before the reception, the Russian Defence Minister warmly congratulated the 77th founding anniversary of the DPRK on behalf of the Ministry of Defence and stressed that the relations between the peoples of the two countries go beyond the friendship, because the Russia-DPRK relations were formed in the battles in which the soldiers of the two countries fought shoulder to shoulder.
Saying that the meeting of President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Comrade
Speeches were made at the reception.