Present there on invitation were the DPRK ambassador to the Czech Republic and an official of his embassy.

Speeches were made there.

Miroslav Stepan, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, warmly congratulated Kim Jong Il on his reelection as general secretary of the WPK.

He expressed conviction that the WPK headed by Kim Jong Il would lead to victory the struggle of the Korean people to defend and further develop socialism and build a great prosperous and powerful nation at an early date.