Present there on invitation were Ri Su Yong, member of the Political Bureau and vice-chairman of the WPK Central Committee, Pak Chun Nam, minister of Culture, Ju Yong Gil, chairman of the C.C., General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea who is chairman of the DPRK-Palestine Friendship and Solidarity Committee, and officials concerned.

A member of the Palestinian embassy was on hand.

The ambassador said that the WPK, which ushered in the era of glory and prosperity for the construction of socialist state under the leadership of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il, the eternal leaders of the Korean people, will advance as ever under the leadership of Marshal Kim Jong Un.

He expressed respect to the firm stand of the DPRK supporting the Palestinian people's cause of justice for building an independent state.

Ri Su Yong said that the feats of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il who developed the WPK into an invincible Party are shining more brilliantly thanks to Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.

He stressed that the traditional relations of friendship and solidarity between the DPRK and Palestine are steadily strengthening under the care of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and President Mahmoud Abbas.