Pyongyang, November 25 (KCNA) -- Talks between Kim Il Guk, minister of Physical Culture and Sports of the DPRK, and Mikhail Degtyarev, minister of Sports of the Russian Federation, took place at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on November 24.

Present at the talks from the DPRK side were Vice-Minister of Physical Culture and Sports O Kwang Hyok, officials concerned and from the opposite side the party of the minister of Sports and Alexandr Matsegora, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, and staff members of his embassy.

At the talks, the issues of boosting exchange and cooperation between the sports fields of the two countries were discussed.

Then, a protocol for sports exchange-2025 was signed. -0-