Reception Given by Russian Embassy

Pyongyang, August 14 (KCNA) -- Vladimir Topekha, charge d'affaires ad interim of the Russian embassy here, hosted a reception at the Taedonggang Diplomatic Club on Thursday on the occasion of the 81st anniversary of Korea's liberation.

Present there on invitation were Kim Jong Gyu, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK, and officials concerned.

Staff members of the Russian embassy were on hand.

Speeches were made at the reception.

The participants in the reception toasted the health of Comrade Kim Jong Un, President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the health of Comrade Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of the Russian Federation, and the steady development of the traditional friendly and cooperative relations and alliance between the peoples of the two countries. -0-