Also arriving were Kang Ha Guk, minister of Public Health, Kung Sok Ung, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, So Kil Bok, vice-minister of External Economic Relations, and other suite members.

A guard of honor lined up at the airport where flags of the DPRK and Sudan were fluttering.

Kim Yong Nam and his party were greeted by the speaker of the National Assembly, the chairman of the Diplomatic Affairs Committee of the National Assembly, the director for East Asia of the Foreign Ministry and other officials concerned and Kim Hyok Chol, DPRK ambassador to Sudan.

Kim Yong Nam headed for lodgings, escorted by motorcycles.