Pyongyang, May 16 (KCNA) -- The DPRK Foreign Ministry hosted a friendly meeting for the staff members of the Russian embassy in Pyongyang to mark the 78th anniversary of Russia's victory in the Great Patriotic War.

Present there were Minister Choe Son Hui, Vice-Minister Im Chon Il and other officials of the DPRK Foreign Ministry and Russian Ambassador Alexandr Matsegora and his embassy members.

The friendly meeting took place in a comradely and warm atmosphere. -0-