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Russian upper house speaker Matviyenko to pay official visit to N. Korea
MOSCOW, Sept 7, 2018 (BSS/TASS) – Federation Council Chair Valentina
Matviyenko will embark on an official visit to North Korea on Friday, the
press service of the Russian parliament’s upper chamber said in a statement.
“Upon instructions from the Russian president, I will represent our country
at festive events to mark the 70th anniversary of creating the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea,” the statement quoted Matviyenko as saying.
She is scheduled to meet with Supreme People’s Assembly (North Korean
parliament) Speaker Choe Thae Bok and President of the Presidium of the
Supreme People’s Assembly Kim Yong Nam.
Matviyenko will lead the Federation Council delegation that includes
International Affairs Committee Chair Konstantin Kosachev, Defense and
Security Committee Chair Viktor Bondarev, Regulations Committee Chair Andrei
Kutepov, Federative, Regional and Local Policies and North Affairs Committee
Chair Oleg Melnichenko and Irkutsk Region Governor Sergei Levchenko.
The Soviet Union was the first country to establish diplomatic relations
with North Korea in 1948. The republic’s 70th anniversary will be celebrated
on September 9.
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