Russian Ambassador, Military Attaché Host Reception

Pyongyang, February 23 (KCNA) -- Alexandr Matsegora, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, and Alexei Bartusov, military attaché of the Russian embassy, hosted a reception at the Taedonggang Diplomatic Club Friday on the occasion of the Day of Defenders of the Motherland. Invited to the reception were Army Col. General Kim Hyong Ryong, vice minister of the People's Armed Forces, generals and officers of the Korean People's Army, officials concerned and diplomatic envoys and military attaches of foreign embassies here and the UN resident coordinator in the DPRK. Present there were staff members of the Russian embassy. Speeches were made there. -0-