Pyongyang, April 27 (KCNA) -- Andrei Beloussov, minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, and his party left here on Monday after taking part in the inauguration ceremony of the Memorial Museum of Combat Feats at the Overseas Military Operations.

The national flags of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation were fluttering at the flagstaffs of Pyongyang International Airport and the guard of honor of the Korean People's Army lined up at the apron of the terminal.

The Russian minister of Defense and his party were seen off by No Kwang Chol, minister of National Defence of the DPRK, Kim Jong Gyu, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, and Alexei Bartusov, defense attache of the Russian embassy here, and its staff members. -0-