Participants in the reception laid a floral basket and bouquets before the full-length picture of Kim Il Sung standing together with leader Kim Jong Il and paid tribute to them.

They looked round works of the peerlessly great men and photos displayed under the subject of "Eternal Day of the Sun".

Speeches were made there.

Kim Yong Jae, DPRK ambassador to Russia, praised the exploits Kim Il Sung performed by founding the immortal Juche idea, building a socialist power, independent in politics, self-supporting in economy and self-reliant in national defence, and further strengthening it.

He stressed that the Korean people would make a dynamic advance along the road of independence, Songun and socialism full of optimism of having Marshal Kim Jong Un at the top post of the DPRK.

Kulik, director of the Asia 1 Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, praised Kim Il Sung for establishing the Russia-DPRK friendship and performing great exploits for the opening of the good-neighborly relations between the two countries.

He wished the friendly Korean people fresh successes in their drive to attain national reconciliation and economic development and improve the people's living standard under the leadership of Kim Jong Un.

A performance was given there.