Russian Defense Minister Arrives

At the invitation of the Supreme People’s Assembly and the Ministry of National Defence of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Andrei Beloussov, minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, and his party arrived here on April ２６ to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Memorial Museum of Combat Feats at the Overseas Military Operations.

Flags of the DPRK and the Russian Federation were fluttering at the flagpoles of Pyongyang International Airport and the guard of honor of the Korean People’s Army lined up at the apron of the terminal.

No Kwang Chol, minister of National Defence of the DPRK, Kim Jong Gyu, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, and Alexei Bartusov, defense attaché of the Russian embassy here, and its staff members warmly greeted the Russian defense minister and his party.

Rodong Sinmun