Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il received a floral basket from Choummaly Saynasone, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party who is president of Laos, on the 66th birthday of the Workers' Party of Korea.

Lao Ambassador to the DPRK Chaleune Warinthrasak handed it to Kim Yong Il, alternate member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the C.C., the WPK, on Friday.