Pyongyang, July 14 (KCNA) -- Sergei Lavrov, foreign minister of the Russian Federation, left on July 13 after visiting the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the invitation of the DPRK Foreign Ministry.

He and his party were seen off at Wonsan Kalma Airport by Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the DPRK, officials of the Foreign Ministry, Aleksandr Matsegora, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, and staff members of his embassy.

During their visit, they laid a wreath before the memorial tower of the Soviet Army in Wonsan City and toured various places of the Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area. -0-