Leaving together with 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 seen off 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, Social Security, Emigration and Decentralization, Emmanuel Allo, Gabonese ambassador to the DPRK, and other persons concerned and Ri Myong Chol, DPRK ambassador to Gabon.