Present there on invitation were Pak Chun Nam, minister of Culture, Ryu Myong Son, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Choe Hui Chol, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, officials concerned and foreign diplomatic envoys and representatives of international bodies here and staff members of foreign embassies.

Charge d'Affaires ad interim Syed Sajjad Haider and officials of the Pakistani embassy were on hand.

Speeches were made there.