calendar>>October 25. 2016 Juche 105 |
Wreaths Laid before Friendship Tower
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Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) -- Wreaths were laid before the Friendship Tower on Tuesday, the 66th anniversary of the entry of the Chinese People's Volunteers into the Korean front. Present at the wreath-laying ceremony were Hong Son Ok, secretary general of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, Kang Ha Guk, minister of Public Health who doubles as chairman of the Central Committee of the DPRK-China Friendship Association, and others. Also present there were Li Jinjun, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK, and staff members of his embassy, a Chinese delegation led by Liu Zhenmin, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, who are here to take part in the 3rd meeting of the Korea-China Border Joint Commission. A wreath was laid before the tower in the joint name of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK and the Cabinet of the DPRK. Wreath were also laid in the names of the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces, the Ministry of People's Security, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of External Economic Relations, the Ministry of Culture, the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, the Central Committee of the DPRK-China Friendship Association, the Pyongyang City Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, the Pyongyang City People's Committee, the Chinese Embassy here, the Chinese delegation, etc. The participants observed a moment's silence in memory of the martyrs of the Chinese People's Volunteers. Wreaths were laid before the Cemetery of Martyrs of the Chinese People's Volunteers and graves of martyrs in Hyongjesan District of Pyongyang, Kaesong City, Anju City, Hoechang County and other places on the same day. |
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