Present there on invitation were Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the WPK Central Committee, Pak Kyong Son, vice department director of the C.C., the WPK, and officials concerned.

Jose Manuel Galego Montano said at the reception that the DPRK is dynamically advancing along the road of socialism thanks to General Secretary Kim Jong Il who is wisely guiding the WPK.

He said that the two countries have maintained the fraternal and friendly relations and the relationship between the Communist Party of Cuba and the Workers' Party of Korea is very excellent.

Choe Thae Bok noted that the party and people of Cuba are dynamically advancing the revolution and construction under the leadership of Fidel Castro Ruz and Raul Castro Ruz.

He stressed that the friendship between the two countries, established and developed on the road of the common cause for anti-imperialist and anti-U.S. struggle and socialism, would be everlasting in the future, too.