Present there were Chairman Ju Yong Il and officials of the association, heads of art troupes of Koreans, and compatriots.

Present there on invitation were the charge d'affaires ad interim and staff members of the DPRK embassy in Tashkent.

Ju Yong Il said that leader Kim Jong Il developed the Korean People's Army into the pillar and main force for carrying out the socialist cause, providing the eternal foundation to accomplish the socialist cause under the uplifted banner of Songun.