Kang So'k-chu (C) meets with a Gazprom delegation in Pyongyang, 6 July 2011 (Photo: KCNA)
Kang So’k-chu (Kang Sok Ju), DPRK Vice Premier met with the Gazprom delegation on 6 July (Wednesday) at Mansuade Assembly Hall. On 5 July [Tuesday], the delegation met with the country’s Minister of Oil Industry at the same venue. KCNA reports:
Present at the talks from the DPRK side were Minister of Oil Industry Kim Hui Yong, officials concerned and from the Russian side members of the delegation of Gazprom of Russia headed by its Deputy Managing Chairman Alexandr Ananenkov.
At the talks both sides discussed cooperation in oil and gas and a series of other issues of bilateral concern.
The delegation also visited the Taesong Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery where they presented flowers at the monument to Kim Cho’ng-suk (Kim Jong Suk), mother of KJI and Kim Kyo’ng-hu’i and technically a veteran of the Soviet Army. KCNA reports:
The members of the delegation observed a moment’s silence in memory of the revolutionary martyrs who dedicated their precious lives to the liberation and prosperity of the country and the accomplishment of the revolutionary cause of juche.
They also laid bouquets before the bust of Kim Jong Suk, an anti-Japanese war hero.
On the same day, the delegation placed a wreath and bouquets before the Liberation Tower.
It paid a silent tribute to the Soviet Army soldiers who fell in the battles to liberate Korea.
