Pyongyang International Airport was decked in a festive attire to warmly greet as the highest honored guest of the state President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin of the Russian Federation who would pay a state visit to the DPRK at the invitation of
The national flags of the DPRK and the Russian Federation were fluttering at the flagstaffs.
Seen at the airport were Alexandr Matsegora, Russian Ambassador to the DPRK, and his embassy staff members.
The respected Comrade
The presidential plane of the Russian Federation landed on Pyongyang International Airport.
There was an emotional meeting between
Being pleased that his Pyongyang visit was realized, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin expressed deep thanks to
Putin was presented with a bouquet by a woman worker.
Among his entourage were Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Nobak, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration and President's Press Secretary Dmitri Peskov, Aide to the President of Russia for Foreign Policy Yuri Ushakov, Minister of Defense Andrei Belousov, Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology and Chairman of the Russian Side of the Russia-DPRK Inter-Governmental Committee for Cooperation in Trade, Economy, Science and Technology Alexandr Kozlov, Minister of Health Mikhail Murashuko and Minister of Transport Roman Starovoyt.
Passing through the streets of Pyongyang at night, decorated with bright illuminations, the top leaders exchanged the inmost thoughts that had so far been confined to them and their will to more surely develop the DPRK-Russia relations in conformity with the common desire and intentions of the peoples of the two countries with their meeting as a momentum.
They arrived at the Kumsusan State Guesthouse.
Putin's visit to the DPRK at a remarkable time, when the traditional relations of friendship and cooperation between the DPRK and Russia have surely entered the course of new comprehensive development, is of great importance in reliably promoting the strategic and future-oriented development of the bilateral relations consolidated in the trials of history generation after generation and from one century to the next and powerfully propelling the cause of building powerful countries, a desire common to the peoples of the two countries.