Present there on invitation were Pak Ui Chun, foreign minister, Pak Kun Gwang, vice-department director of the C.C., the Workers' Party of Korea, Kim Song Gi, vice-foreign minister, Kim Jin Bom, vice-chairman of the DPRK-India Friendship Association who is also vice-chairman of the Korean Committee for the Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, and officials concerned and foreign diplomatic envoys and representatives of international bodies here.

On hand were staff members of the Indian embassy here.