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Lao Prime Minister Appreciates Achievements in DPRK
Pyongyang, May 10 (KCNA) -- Laos highly appreciates the achievements made by the party, government and army of the DPRK in building a thriving socialist nation and defending the country under the wise leadership of the great leaders, said Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong when receiving the DPRK's high-ranking military delegation.

The delegation headed by Vice Marshal of the Korean People's Army Ri Yong Ho, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and chief of the General Staff of the KPA, paid a courtesy call on the prime minister of Laos on Wednesday.

At the meeting, Thongsing Thammavong, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, said the DPRK delegation's visit provided an important opportunity of boosting the friendly relations between the two armies.

Leader Kim Jong Il developed the friendly ties between Laos and the DPRK provided by President Kim Il Sung, the prime minister noted.

The dear respected Kim Jong Un pays much attention to the development of the bilateral friendly relations, he added.

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