Pyongyang, June 4 (KCNA) -- A Russian youth friendship delegation led by Grigory Petushkov, chairman of the National Council of the Russian Association of Youth and Children, arrived here by air on Monday.

The delegation consists of representatives of major youth organizations and units of Russia, including the National Council of the Russian Association of Youth and Children, the Youth Union and the Lenin Young Communist League.

The Central Committee of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League of the DPRK hosted a reception in welcome of the delegation that evening. -0-