Pyongyang, October 8 (KCNA) -- Mukesh Sharma, secretary general of the International Kim Il Sung Prize Council and the International Kim Jong Il Prize Council, arrived here on October 7 to take part in the Eleventh Meeting of the International Kim Il Sung Prize Council and the Second Meeting of the International Kim Jong Il Prize Council to be held on the occasion of the 80th founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea.

The secretary general was greeted at Pyongyang International Airport by Kim Un Je, vice-chairperson of the Korean Association of Social Scientists. -0-