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Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's Visit to Indonesia Marked
Pyongyang, April 20 (KCNA) -- A film show and a friendly meeting were held at the Taedonggang Diplomatic Corps Club on Tuesday 45 years after General Secretary Kim Jong Il visited Indonesia in company with President Kim Il Sung.

Present there on invitation were Charge d'Affaires ad Interim Fitri Riyanti and staff members of the Indonesian embassy here.

Jon Yong Jin, vice-chairman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries who is chairman of the DPRK-Indonesia Friendship Association, and officials concerned were on hand.

The participants watched the Korean documentary film "President Kim Il Sung Meets Foreign Heads of State and Prominent Figures" (Part 1).

Then followed a friendly meeting at which speeches were made. Speakers described Kim Jong Il's Indonesia visit in company with Kim Il Sung as a historic event that opened a new chapter of the DPRK-Indonesia friendship.

They expressed belief that the long-standing relations of friendship between the two countries would grow stronger in the future, too.

The participants enjoyed an art performance of schoolchildren and talked to each other about the matter of further developing the bilateral relationship.

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