Present there were mediapersons in Pyongyang and officials concerned.

Cuban Ambassador to the DPRK Jose Manuel Galego Montano spoke at the press conference.

He referred to the fact that the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries provided by President Kim Il Sung together with Fidel Castro Ruz have grown stronger under the care of General Secretary Kim Jong Il and Raul Castro Ruz.

The U.S. vicious blockade against Cuba that lasted for decades has been censured and rejected by many countries, he said, adding that the struggle for the release of the Cuban patriots unreasonably detained in U.S. prison is now under way worldwide.

He answered the questions raised by reporters.

The attendants watched a Cuban documentary film.

That day the embassy donated books to the People's Grand Study House.