Pyongyang, November 15 (KCNA) -- A government delegation of the Russian Federation led by Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Alexandr Kozlov, on a visit to the DPRK, Tuesday paid a floral tribute to the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill.

Present on the occasion were Yun Jong Ho, minister of External Economic Relations, and officials concerned of the DPRK and Ambassador Alexandr Matsegora and staff members of the Russian embassy here.

A floral basket in the name of the government of the Russian Federation was laid at the statues. -0-