Pyongyang, April 19 (KCNA) -- The DPRK embassy in Moscow hosted a reception on April 14 on the occasion of the 113th birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung.

Present there on invitation were personages of the government, parliament, political parties, organizations and institutions of Russia, including the of Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology, the Ministry of Health, the Federation Council, the State Duma, the Party for Peace and Unity and the Russian Association for Friendship and Cultural Cooperation with the DPRK.

Present there were the DPRK ambassador to Russia and members of his embassy.

The participants laid a flower basket and bouquets before the art works depicting President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il standing together and paid tribute to them.

Then they looked round photos showing the sacred revolutionary careers and exploits of the President and the Chairman, the immortal exploits performed by the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un for the development of the DPRK-Russia relations of friendship, and photos of the invincible national power and eye-opening development of Juche Korea.

Speeches were made at the reception.

Meanwhile, the DPRK missions in Vladivostok and Khabarovsk of Russia hosted receptions on April 11 and 14 on the occasion of the significant April holiday. -0-