Present there on invitation were Jorge Marti Martinez, head of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, and Oscar Martinez, its deputy head, Marcos Rodriguez, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Pedro Mendiondo Gomez, commander of the Air and Anti-Aircraft Defense Forces of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, and other party, state and army officials of Cuba.

The ambassador and staff members of the DPRK embassy were on hand.