Pyongyang, July 2 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation headed by Minister Olga Lyubimova, left here for home on July 1 after visiting the DPRK on the occasion of the first anniversary of the historic DPRK-Russia Pyongyang summit and the conclusion of the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries.

The delegation was seen off at Pyongyang International Airport by Sung Jong Gyu, minister of Culture of the DPRK, officials concerned and Aleksandr Matsegora, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, and his embassy members.

Earlier, artistes of the Russian State Academic People's Chorus Named after M.E. Pyatnichki and Gzhel Moscow State Academic Theatre of Dance left here for home by air. -0-