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Reception Given to Mark Anniversary of Conclusion of Agreement between DPRK and Russia

Pyongyang, March 20 (KCNA) -- The Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries and the DPRK-Russia Friendship Association hosted a reception at the Okryu Restaurant on Wednesday to mark the 70th anniversary of the conclusion of the agreement on economic and cultural relations between the DPRK and the Russian Federation.

Invited to the reception were Alexandr Matsegora, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, and members of his embassy and the delegation of the Federation Council of Russia led by Oleg Melnichenko, chairman of the Federal System, Regional Policy, Local Autonomous and Northern Affairs Committee of the council who is chairman of the Russia-DPRK Friendship Parliamentary Group.

Present there were So Ho Won, vice-chairman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries who doubles as chairman of the DPRK-Russia Friendship Association, and officials concerned.