DPRK Party and Government Delegation Returns Home

Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- A DPRK Party and government delegation led by Pak Thae Song, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and premier of the DPRK Cabinet, returned home by the private plane on July 12 after paying an official visit to the People's Republic of China and attending the celebrations of the 65th anniversary of the conclusion of the DPRK-China Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance.

It was greeted at Pyongyang International Airport by Kim Tok Hun, member of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee and first vice-premier of the Cabinet, An Hyon Min, vice department director of the WPK Central Committee, Kim Son Gyong, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Qi Han, charge d'affaires ad interim of the Chinese embassy here, and officials of the embassy.

At an airport in Beijing, the delegation was seen off by Wu Zhenglong, member and secretary-general of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, Wang Yajun, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK, Hua Chunying, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of China, Ri Ryong Nam, DPRK ambassador to China, and his embassy officials. -0-