Kim Jong Il Passes through Khasan Railway Station, Russia

Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, passed through Khasan, the border railway station of Russia on Saturday morning on his way to pay an unofficial visit to Siberia and the Far East Region of the Russian Federation at the invitation of Dmitri Anatoliyevich Medvedev, president of the Russian Federation.
He was greeted at Khasan Railway Station by Viktor Ishayev, presidential envoy to the Far East Region of the Russian Federation, who came to Khasan to conduct him.
He was also greeted by Sergey Darikin, governor of Maritime Territory, Valery Sukhinin, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, Irina Skorobogatova, deputy governor of Maritime Territory, and other senior officials of Moscow, maritime territory, city and district.
When the train pulled in the station, the senior officials got on the train and offered greetings to him.
He was presented with a souvenir by Sergey Darikin on behalf of the Maritime Territorial Government and people.
After a while, he left for his destination amid send-off by senior officials of Russia.
Prior to it, he left the country to pay an unofficial visit to Siberia and the Far East Region of the Russian Federation.