Present there on invitation were Pak Ui Chun, minister of Foreign Affairs, Ri Ryong Nam, minister of Foreign Trade, Kim Yong Jin, chairman of the Education Commission, Kim Jong Suk, chairwoman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, and other officials concerned.

The ambassador said in his speech that the heroic struggle of the Korean people for the building of a great prosperous and powerful socialist nation and the reunification of the country is unthinkable without the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il.

Hoping that the exchange between the two countries would further expand in all fields, he stressed that the Cuban people would stand by the Korean people forever.

Pak Ui Chun in his speech referred to the fact that the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries have steadily grown stronger.

He stressed that the WPK and the government of the DPRK would make every possible effort to boost the traditional friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries.