Present on invitation were members of the delegation headed by Kazbek Taysaev, secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and vice-chairman of the Economic Policy Committee of the State Duma of Russia, and Alexandr Timonin, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, his embassy officials.

Present there were Kim Yong Il, alternate member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, and officials of the Central Committee of the WPK.

Kim Yong Il said in his speech made at the reception that the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries provided and developed by President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il have reached a higher level under the meticulous care of supreme leader Kim Jong Un.

He expressed thanks to the Communist Party of the Russian Federation for extending positive support to the party and people of the DPRK in their struggle for building a thriving socialist nation and defending peace and stability on the Korean peninsula.

We will as ever strive hard to boost the cooperative relations with the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and deepen the friendship and fraternity between the peoples of the two counties, he stressed.

Kazbek Taysaev said in his speech that the long-standing ties of friendship between the peoples of the two countries have developed for the last several decades.

He went on:

Comrades Stalin, Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il clarified theoretical and practical issues for a victorious advance of the cause of socialism.

I extend a sincere thanks to Marshal Kim Jong Un, outstanding statesman of the world stature and great leader of the Korean people, in the name of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation for paying deep attention to making the current Pyongyang Photo Exhibition successful.