Pyongyang, November 1 (KCNA) -- Talks between Yun Jong Ho, minister of External Economic Relations who is chairman of the DPRK side to the DPRK-Russia Inter-governmental Committee for Cooperation in Trade, Economy, Science and Technology, and Alexandr Kozlov, minister of Natural Resources and Ecology who is chairman of the Russian side to the DPRK-Russia Inter-governmental Committee for Cooperation in Trade, Economy, Science and Technology, on a visit to the DPRK as head of a Russian economic delegation, were held at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on Oct. 31.

The talks discussed in detail the issues of promoting the implementation of the multi-faceted bilateral cooperation plan agreed between the two countries.

A protocol of the talks between the co-chairmen of the DPRK-Russia Inter-governmental Committee for Cooperation in Trade, Economy, Science and Technology was signed.

That evening the DPRK Ministry of External Economic Relations gave a reception in welcome of the Russian economic delegation. -0-