Inauguration Ceremony of Cemetery of Fallen Soldiers of CPV Held in Sinphyong County of DPRK

Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) -- The grave of fallen fighters of the Chinese People's Volunteers in Sinphyong County, North Hwanghae Province was rebuilt as the cemetery of the Fallen Soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteers on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the entry of the CPV into the Korean front.

The inauguration ceremony of the cemetery took place on the spot on October 24.

The guard of honor of the Korean People's Army lined up at the cemetery.

Attending the ceremony were Vice-Minister of Urban Management of the DPRK Kang Chol Ho, officials concerned, officials of North Hwanghae Province and Sinphyong County and builders.

Present there were Qi Han, charge d'affaires ad interim of the Chinese embassy here, and officials of the embassy, a delegation of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of China headed by its Vice-Minister Hong Zongming on a visit to the DPRK, Chinese guests staying here and Chinese residents in the DPRK.

The national anthems of the People's Republic of China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea were played.

The participants paid silent tribute to the memory of the CPV fallen fighters, excellent sons and daughters of the Chinese nation and true comrades-in-arms of the Korean people.

Placed at the cemetery were floral baskets in the name of the Ministry of Urban Management of the DPRK, the North Hwanghae Provincial People's Committee and the Sinphyong County People's Committee, the Chinese embassy in Pyongyang and the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of China.

Speeches were made at the ceremony.

Vice-Minister Kang Chol Ho said that the brilliant feats, noble soul and self-sacrificing spirit of the CPV who fought bravely against the common enemy under the uplifted banner of resisting America and aiding Korea, safeguarding the home and defending the motherland will be conveyed forever along with the DPRK-China friendship.

Qi Han, charge d'affaires ad interim of the Chinese embassy here, and Hong Zongming, head of the delegation of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of China, said that the great spirit of resisting America and aiding Korea will never fade and the China-DPRK friendship forged with blood will be immortal, expressing his gratitude that the cemetery was wonderfully rebuilt.

At the end of the ceremony the participants went round the cemetery. -0-