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Day of Korea's Liberation Observed in Russia
Pyongyang, August 15 (KCNA) -- A meeting took place in Moscow on Aug. 11 on the occasion of the 64th anniversary of Korea's liberation.

Displayed in the venue of the meeting were works of the peerlessly great men and books on their exploits.

Present there were officials of the Russian Association for Friendship and Cultural Cooperation with the DPRK, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Voice of Russia and others.

Present there on invitation were staff members of the DPRK embassy in Moscow.

Vorontsov, first vice-chairman of the Russian Association for Friendship and Cultural Cooperation with the DPRK, in his speech made at the meeting praised President Kim Il Sung as a benefactor of the Korean people's liberation as he liberated the usurped country and paved the road for national resurrection.

Veredin, secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, said that Kim Il Sung founded the Juche idea and the Songun idea in the period of the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle, adding that his idea has been translated into a brilliant reality thanks to the unique Songun politics pursued by General Secretary Kim Jong Il.

Petrov, secretary of the Russian Association for Friendship and Cultural Cooperation with the DPRK, noted that today the DPRK's dignity and national power have reached the highest phase and the DPRK has demonstrated the might of an invincible socialist power thanks to the original Songun politics pursued by Kim Jong Il.

A message of greetings to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the meeting.

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