Engraved on the tablet were letters "Comrade Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, visited the house of war veterans in Khabarovsk Territory of Russia on August 17, 2001" in Korean and Russian.

Present at the unveiling ceremony were personages of the Khabarovsk Territory government and Legislative Assembly, the Khabarovsk City Administration, the Foreign Ministry mission in Khabarovsk, social organizations and institutions, war veterans, media persons and the deputy consul general of the DPRK in Khabarovsk and others.

The participants placed a floral basket and bouquets at the tablet.

After a congratulatory speech, an art performance was given.