They included a Russian friendly delegation headed by the director of the Russian Center Fund for the Study and Consultation of Politics, a delegation of the Federal Republic of Germany-DPRK Association led by Thomas Lichter, vice-chairman of the association and chairman of the preparatory committee of the association for celebrating the 70th anniversaries of Korea's liberation and the founding of the WPK, a delegation of the Slovenia-Korea Friendship Association led by Igor Jurisic, chairman of the association and chairman of the Slovenian preparatory committee for celebrating the 70th anniversaries of WPK's birthday and Korean liberation, a delegation of the France-Korea Friendship Association, a delegation of the Ireland-Korea Friendship Association led by Irina Malenko, a friendship visiting group of the Singapore-DPRK Exchange Association headed by Chairperson See Kok Heng and Raymond Ferguson, co-secretary general of the Asia-Pacific Regional preparatory committee for

celebrating the 70th anniversaries of Korea's liberation and the founding of the WPK and national secretary general of the Australia-DPRK Association for Friendship and Culture.