Pyongyang, May 5 (KCNA) -- The charge d'affaires ad interim of the Russian embassy here hosted a friendship gathering at Hwasong Kumgang Restaurant on May 4 to mark the seventh anniversary of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un's first historic visit to Russia and meeting with Comrade President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.

Present there on invitation were Vice-Minister Kim Jong Gyu and other officials of the DPRK Foreign Ministry.

Vladimir Topeha, charge d'affaires ad interim, and staff members of the Russian embassy were on hand.

The participants deepened the feelings of friendship, expressing their will to make a positive contribution to steadily expanding and strengthening the friendly relations between the DPRK and Russia, true to the noble intention of the top leaders of the two countries. -0-