Ovsyannikov, member of the Supreme Council of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, said this when meeting the delegation of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) led by Ri Yong Chol, vice department director of its Central Committee, on Tuesday. The delegation took part in the 15th Congress of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.

He said that it is the invariable stand of the leadership of his party to further develop the long-standing friendly and cooperative relations with the WPK, he said.

He congratulated the DPRK on its recent great successes in bolstering up its defence capability.

The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia knows well about the fact that the aim of the anti-DPRK rackets kicked off by the U.S. and the West is to block its independent development, he said.