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Kim Yong Nam Pays Courtesy Call on Iranian President
Pyongyang, August 4 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, paid a courtesy call on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday.

Kim Yong Nam conveyed greetings from supreme leader Kim Jong Un to the Iranian president.

The president expressed deep thanks for this and asked him to convey his sincere salute to Kim Jong Un.

Recollecting with deep emotion the day when he had the honor of being received by the great Generalissimo Kim Il Sung 30 years ago, he stressed that the friendly and cooperative ties between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the DPRK would grow stronger in the future.

The talk proceeded in a friendly atmosphere.

Present there from the DPRK side were Pak Kil Yon, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, and Jo In Chol, DPRK ambassador to Iran, and from the Iranian side were Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and other officials concerned.

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