Pyongyang, December 13 (KCNA) -- An agreement on cooperation in air search and rescue between the DPRK and Russian governments was signed at the Mansudae Assembly Hall Tuesday.

Present at the signing ceremony from the DPRK side were Director Kang Ki Sop and other officials of the General Bureau of Civil Aviation of the DPRK and officials concerned and from the Russian side a delegation of the Russian Aerial Transport Administration led by Director Neradiko Alexandr and Russian Ambassador to the DPRK Valery Sukhinin.

Kang Ki Sop and Neradiko Alexandr inked the agreement.