Present at the wreath-laying ceremony were Ri Kwang Gun, vice-minister of External Economic Relations, officials concerned, Alexandr Matsegora, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, and his embassy officials.

A wreath was laid in the name of the head of the Russian government delegation and the participants observed a moment's silence in memory of the fighters of the former Soviet Union Army who laid down their lives in battles for liberating Korea.

They went round the tower.

Meanwhile, a delegation of the United Russia Party laid a bouquet before the tower that day.