Present there were Kim Jong Suk, chairwoman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries who is chairwoman of the Korean preparatory committee for Gathering 2017-Praise to the Great Persons of Mt Paektu, Ri Chang Gun, vice department director of the C.C., Workers' Party of Korea who is vice-chairman of the Korean preparatory committee, officials concerned and National Leader of the Workers' Party of Mexico Alberto Anaya Gutierrez, Secretary General of the National Executive Council of the Bangladesh Jatiya Party Mostafa Jamal Haider, General Secretary of the C.C., United Socialist Nationalist Party of Nepal Shankarlal Shrestha and personages from international, regional and various countries' preparatory committees for Gathering 2017-Praise to the Great Persons of Mt Paektu, and friendship and solidarity organizations who are visiting the DPRK to mark the Day of the Sun.

Kim Jong Suk in her congratulatory speech at the meeting expressed thanks to all the participants for their sincere efforts and activities to glorify the 5th International Festival as a grand political event. She hoped that the meeting would contribute to making the festival a splendid and grand international gathering.

Dermot Hudson, co-secretary general of the European regional preparatory committee, appealed to all the world progressive political parties and organizations to proactively contribute to glorifying this year as a year in praise of the great persons of Mt Paektu.

Pak Gyong Il, vice-chairman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries and secretary general of the Korean preparatory committee, noted that the work for successful festival is smoothly going on in the DPRK such as the erection of a monument to the great persons of Mt Paektu. He expressed belief that the 5th International Festival would be a grand political event.

Then, an action program was discussed for the successful holding of the festival.

A letter to respected Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un was adopted at the consultative meeting.