He was accompanied by Aleksei Borodavkin, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Ruslan Tatarinov, director of the Secretariat of the Federation Council, Andrei Baklanov, director of the Bureau for International Relations of the Federation Council, Konstantin Pulikovski, advisor to the chairman of the Federation Council, and other suite members.

The guests were greeted at the airport by Kim Wan Su, vice-chairman of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, and officials concerned and the Russian ambassador to the DPRK and his embassy officials.