Kong Sam Ol, deputy prime minister for the Royal Palace of Cambodia, hosted a reception on February 16 in celebration of leader Kim Jong Il's birthday. Present there on invitation were Ambassador Choe Han Chun and staff members of the DPRK embassy in Phnom Penh.On hand were the chief of protocol for the king and the secretary and the under-secretary of state of the Ministry of the Royal Palace.
In the meantime, the DPRK embassy in Ulan Bator was visited by different personages of this country on Feb. 15 to celebrate Kim Jong Il's birthday.
Among those visitors were the chairman of the Mongolian Mt. Paektu Association, the vice-chairman of the Mongolia-Korea Friendship Society, the director of the Kim Jong Suk Kindergarten, the commander of Unit 0151 of the Frontier Forces of Mongolia and the director of "Gor King-Erdene" Institute of Teachers.
They laid bouquets before the portraits of President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and paid respects to them.
Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, today sent a message of greetings to Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the proclamation of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana. The message expressed the belief that the long-standing friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries would continue to develop favorably in the future, too, and sincerely wished the Guyanese people progress, prosperity and well-being.