Accompanying him were Choe Chang Sik, minister of Public Health, Kim Hyong Jun, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Ri Myong San, vice-minister of Foreign Trade, and other suite members.

Kim Yong Nam and his party were met by Paul Biyoghe Mba, prime minister of Gabon, Paul Toungui, minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Francophone, Angelique Ngoma, minister of Defence, Jean Francois Ndongou, minister of Interior, Public Security, Emigration and Decentralization, Blaise Louembe, minister of Budget, Public Function and State Reform, Laure Olga Gondjout, minister of Post and Telecommunications and Electronic Industry, Emmanuel Allo, Gabonese ambassador to the DPRK, and other persons concerned of Gabon and Ri Myong Chol, DPRK ambassador to Gabon.

The president made public a statement on his arrival.