Present there on invitation were Sergei Mikhailovich Mironov, chairman of the Federation Council of Russia, Valery E. Sukhinin, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, Aleksei Borodavkin, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Ruslan Tatarinov, director of the Secretariat of the Federation Council, Andrei Baklanov, director of the Bureau for International Relations of the Federation Council, Konstantin Pulikovski, advisor to the chairman of the Federation Council, and other suite members and officials of the Russian embassy.

Present there were Choe Thae Bok, chairman of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, Kim Wan Su, vice-chairman of the SPA, Kung Sok Ung, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputy to the SPA Hong So Hon, chairman of the DPRK-Russia Friendship Parliamentary Group, Kim Song Hui, deputy to the SPA, and other officials concerned.

Choe Thae Bok said at the reception that this visit would contribute to expanding and developing not only the relations between the two parliaments but also the overall relations between the DPRK and Russia.

He expressed belief that the DPRK-Russia relations would grow stronger in the spirit of the joint declarations agreed upon by the top leaders of the two countries and the new inter-state treaty.

Sergei Mikhailovich Mironov said in his speech that the friendly relations between the two countries have deep historical roots, adding that the close cooperation between the two peoples would greatly contribute to ensuring peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and the rest of Northeast Asia.

The cooperation between the parliaments of the two countries is conducive to the development of the Russia-DPRK relations, he noted, calling for joint activities in the interests of the peoples.