On hand were Pak Kil Yon, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, officials concerned and Chaleune Warinthrasak, Lao ambassador to the DPRK.

The standing vice-prime minister said that the friendly relations between the two countries provided by Comrade Kaysone Phomvihane and President Kim Il Sung are growing stronger under the deep care of Comrade Choummaly Saynasone and General Secretary Kim Jong Il.

He referred to the fact that during their visit they saw the Korean people, firmly united around Kim Jong Il, dynamically waging the drive to build a great prosperous and powerful socialist nation.