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Wreath-laying ceremony held at Liberation memorial
PYONGYANG, February 23 (Itar-Tass) - A wreath-laying ceremony at the
Liberation memorial to Soviet servicemen was held here on Wednesday on
the occasion of the Fatherland Defenders' Day. The monument bears the
following inscription: "Eternal glory to the Great Soviet Atmy that
liberated the Korean people from the yoke of Japanese militarists and
opened up the road for it to freedom and independence".
The ceremony was headed by Valery Sukhinin, the Ambassador of Russia
in Pyongyang, and military attache Alexei Bartusov.
The memory of Soviet servicemen was honoured by Korean military
leaders, by officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), by the heads of diplomatic missions and military attaches of foreign countries. A guard of honour was lined up near the monument. A brass band played martial music.
Following that, participants in the ceremony laid wreaths at the
cemetery where the Soviet Army servicemen and citizens of the USSR lie
buried. In all, there are 13 monuments to Soviet servicemen and burial
places in the DPRK.
Speaking at a reception given in Pyongyang on the occasion of the
festive date, General of the Army Pak Chae Kyong, Vice-Minister of the
People's Armed Forces of the DPRK, wished the Russian people and the army "new successes in the strengthening of the country's defence capacity and in economic development". He emphasized, "It remains an invariable position of the DPRK to develop all-round and traditionally friendly cooperation with Russia, the cooperation which accords with the basic interests of the two countries".
Liberation memorial to Soviet servicemen was held here on Wednesday on
the occasion of the Fatherland Defenders' Day. The monument bears the
following inscription: "Eternal glory to the Great Soviet Atmy that
liberated the Korean people from the yoke of Japanese militarists and
opened up the road for it to freedom and independence".
The ceremony was headed by Valery Sukhinin, the Ambassador of Russia
in Pyongyang, and military attache Alexei Bartusov.
The memory of Soviet servicemen was honoured by Korean military
leaders, by officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), by the heads of diplomatic missions and military attaches of foreign countries. A guard of honour was lined up near the monument. A brass band played martial music.
Following that, participants in the ceremony laid wreaths at the
cemetery where the Soviet Army servicemen and citizens of the USSR lie
buried. In all, there are 13 monuments to Soviet servicemen and burial
places in the DPRK.
Speaking at a reception given in Pyongyang on the occasion of the
festive date, General of the Army Pak Chae Kyong, Vice-Minister of the
People's Armed Forces of the DPRK, wished the Russian people and the army "new successes in the strengthening of the country's defence capacity and in economic development". He emphasized, "It remains an invariable position of the DPRK to develop all-round and traditionally friendly cooperation with Russia, the cooperation which accords with the basic interests of the two countries".
