Present there were a delegation of the Central Court of the DPRK headed by President Choe Kun Yong and delegations and delegates of 16 countries including presidents of supreme people's courts and supreme courts of China, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

The forum, which was held under the subject of the "Balance of protection of national interests and rights of participants of international economic relations", discussed the issues of protecting the rights of enterprises and keeping the balance between the legal interests of states, including the securing of the judicial activities of states in the protection of foreign investment and international cooperation of transport with multilateral legal relations and the coordinated judicial activities to ease the customs system among the regional countries.

A message of greeting from Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, to the forum was read out, followed by an opening address by the president of the Supreme Court of Russia.

Then congratulatory speeches were made.

The head of the DPRK delegation said it is the consistent stand of the DPRK and unanimous desire of the developing countries to develop international exchange and cooperation on the principle of respect for sovereignty, equality and mutual benefit.

Speeches were made there.

A member of the DPRK delegation in a speech denounced the sanctions of the U.S. which abuses its domestic law and judicial system for checking and infringing upon the interests and economic development of other countries.

He said that the DPRK has perfected the rules of external economic laws for expanding and developing the economic relations with other countries, newly adopted, amended and supplemented laws on investment of foreigners and foreign businesses, joint venture and joint corporation and paid attention to settling disputes between enterprises through arbitration and court and approving and executing the verdict and arbitration decisions of foreign courts.

The Central Court of the DPRK will honestly discharge its duty in establishing the order of fair international relations and ensuring the international economic relations in a legal way, he said, expressing the will to steadily boost exchange and cooperation with the Asia-Pacific countries in the field of law.