Pyongyang, June 30 (KCNA) -- Talks between Sung Jong Gyu, minister of Culture of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and Olga Lyubimova, minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, were held at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on June 29.

Present there from the DPRK side were Pak Kyong Chol, vice-minister of Culture, and officials concerned and from the Russian side were major members of the delegation of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and Aleksandr Matsegora, Russian ambassador to the DPRK.

Discussed in depth at the talks were the detailed issues for expanding and strengthening the exchange and cooperation in the cultural field between the two countries.

Then, 2025-2027 plan for cultural cooperation between the Ministry of Culture of the DPRK and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation was signed. -0-