Present at the dinner was Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission.

Present there on invitation were former U.S. President Bill Clinton and his suite members.

Present there were Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK Choe Thae Bok, Secretary of the WPK Central Committee Kim Ki Nam, First Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Sok Ju, Department Director of the WPK Central Committee Kim Yang Gon, Member of the NDC U Tong Chuk, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Kye Gwan and officials concerned.

The dinner proceeded in a cordial atmosphere.