Attending the meeting were the curator of the DPRK Culture and Information Center in the city, secretary general of the Bulgaria-Korea Friendship Association, chief of the Kim Il Sung Library in Sofia and other personages of various circles and the DPRK ambassador to Bulgaria and members of his embassy.

Speakers said that they were pleased to mark the 71st anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries together with friends of the DPRK and would give wide publicity to the successes registered by the Korean people in socialist construction under the wise guidance of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.

Saying that the recent international situation shows that the sovereignty of the country and security of the nation are guaranteed only by powerful defense capability, they wished the Korean people bigger success in their struggle for bolstering the national power and building socialism and reunifying the country.

The participants talked about the need to boost the bilateral relations in several fields.