Pyongyang,
September 13 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the
Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State
Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, arrived at
Khasan, border town of the Russian Federation, in the early morning of September 12.
The Khasan
Railway Station was in a warm atmosphere of welcoming the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un pays an official visit to the Russian Federation to put the DPRK-Russia relations of friendship and
cooperation on a fresh higher level.
The guard of
honor of the three services of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and
the military band lined up at the Khasan Railway Station where the flags of the
DPRK and the Russian Federation were fluttering.
The private train of Kim Jong Un entered the yard
of the Khasan Railway Station at 6:00 local time.
He was
greeted by Alexandr Kozlov, minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of
Russia, Oleg Kozhemyako, governor of the Maritime Territory Administration, and
other senior officials in Moscow and local areas who came to Khasan to guide
him.
He got off
the train and exchanged warm greetings with the senior officials who came to
receive him.
The senior
officials warmly welcomed him on a visit to Russia again as the closest friend
of the Russian people, conveying the greetings from Vladimir Vladimirovich
Putin, president of the Russian Federation, to him.
Then there took place a ceremony of
welcoming Kim Jong Un, general
secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of
the DPRK, on his visit to the Russian Federation.
The respected
Comrade Kim Jong Un received a
salute from the chief of the guard of honor of the three services of the armed
forces of the Russian Federation.
The national
anthems of the DPRK and the Russian Federation were solemnly played.
He reviewed the
guard of honor of the three services of the armed forces of the Russian
Federation.
He had a warm
talk with the Russian friends in the reception room of the railway station.
Senior
officials from the Russian capital and local areas told him that President
Putin personally sent them to the border station to greet him, adding that the
Russian government and people are doing their best to offer him sincerest
hospitality, hoping his visit would be significant.
Noting that he was pleased to visit Russia again four years after his visit in
2019, Kim Jong Un said that his visit to the Russian Federation, the
first foreign visit after the worldwide public health crisis, is a clear
manifestation of the stand of the WPK and the government of the DPRK
prioritizing the strategic importance of the
DPRK-Russia relations.
Expressing deep
thanks to the senior officials from the capital and local areas for greeting
him with enthusiastic and warm feelings of friendship at the border station,
he extended best wishes to the president, government, army and people of the
Russian Federation on behalf of the DPRK.
He received a gift from Alexandr Kozlov.
He left for his destination, being given a warm send-off
by Russian officials.
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