Pyongyang, April 23 (KCNA) -- Jo Yong Won, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, first vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, met with a delegation of the Ministry of Interior of the Russian Federation led by Minister Vladimir Kolokoltev which paid a courtesy call on him at the Pyongyang Assembly Hall on April 22.

He had a talk with the delegation in a friendly atmosphere.

Present there were Minister Pang Tu Sop of Public Security of the DPRK, officials concerned and Charge d'Affaires ad Interim of the Russian embassy here Vladimir Topeha. -0-