Present there were Minister of External Economic Relations Ri Ryong Nam who doubles as chairman of the DPRK side to the Inter-governmental Committee, officials concerned, Minister of Development of Far East of Russia Alexandr Galushka who doubles as chairman of the Russian side to the Inter-governmental Committee, his party of the Russian government economic delegation and Alexandr Matsegora, Russian ambassador to the DPRK.

They discussed the issues of boosting the cooperation in trade, economy, science and technology between the two countries.

Earlier, the DPRK side to the DPRK-Russia Inter-governmental Committee hosted a reception at Pyongyang Koryo Hotel in honor of the Russian government economic delegation.