Pyongyang, August 15 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the State Duma of the Russian Federation led by Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin arrived here on August 14 to visit the DPRK at the invitation of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Korea's liberation.

Pyongyang International Airport was filled with a warm welcome atmosphere to the envoys of the close neighboring country who are visiting Pyongyang with the feelings of friendship of the Russian people amid the steadfast development of the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries into invincible alliance.

The national flags of the DPRK and Russia were fluttering on the flagstaffs and the guard of honor of the Korean People's Army lined up at the apron before the terminal.

Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, first vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, came to the airport.

The delegation was warmly greeted by Kang Yun Sok, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the SPA, Pak In Chol, chairman of the SPA, Kim Jong Gyu, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Ri Chol, director of the Academy of Medical Science of the Ministry of Public Health who is concurrently chairman of the DPRK-Russia Friendship Parliamentary Group, Aleksandr Matsegora, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, and staff members of his embassy.

The delegation headed for the lodging quarters, being warmly welcomed by the masses. -0-