Pyongyang, September 22 (KCNA) -- The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) gave a banquet on Wednesday evening, in congratulation of the successful visit of Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, to the Russian Federation.

The Political Bureau of the C.C., WPK highly appreciated the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un's official goodwill visit to the Russian Federation as an eventful occasion in opening up a new chapter of the DPRK-Russia relations with independence against imperialism as an ideological basis.

When General Secretary Kim Jong Un appeared at the banquet hall amid the playing of welcome music, all the participants greeted him with enthusiastic applause, looking up to him who is devoting himself to the people's wellbeing and the national interests and prosperous development of the DPRK.

Invited to the banquet were members of the DPRK delegation who accompanied Kim Jong Un on a foreign tour.

Present there were Presidium members and other members of the Political Bureau of the C.C., WPK.

Ri Il Hwan, secretary of the WPK Central Committee, made a congratulatory speech at the banquet.

Upon authorization of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, the speaker highly appreciated and congratulated Comrade Kim Jong Un's successful visit to Russia once again and courteously proposed a toast to the health of Kim Jong Un, representative of the great dignity of the WPK and the DPRK and symbol of all victories and glory and to the eternal prosperity of the DPRK and its people's happiness.

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