Present there on invitation were Kung Sok Ung, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Sim Kuk Ryong, general director of the General Bureau for Affairs with Diplomatic Corps, Ri Kwang Gun, vice-minister of External Economic Relations, Kim Jin Bom, vice-chairman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries who is also chairman of the DPRK-Russia Friendship Association, Hong So Hon, chairman of the DPRK-Russia Friendship Parliamentary Group who is also president of Kim Chaek University of Technology, and officials concerned.

Russian embassy officials were on hand.