Present there on invitation were Kung Sok Ung, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs; So Ho Won, vice-chairman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries who is chairman of the DPRK-Russia Friendship Association; Hong So Hon, president of Kim Chaek University of Technology who is chairman of the DPRK-Russia Friendship Parliamentary Group; officials concerned, foreign diplomatic envoys and members of international bodies here.

Staff members of the Russian embassy here were present at the reception.