On behalf of the corps Aleksei Bartusov, military attache of the Russian embassy, handed the basket and letter over to an official concerned on Tuesday.

On the same day the economic and commercial councilors corps here presented a congratulatory letter to Kim Jong Il on the above-said occasion and the 92nd birth anniversary of Kim Jong Suk, anti-Japanese heroine. The letter was conveyed to an official concerned by Wang Zhilin, economic and commercial councilor of the Chinese embassy who is doyen of the corps.