Delegation of Russian Government Visits Memorial Tower of Soviet Army
Pyongyang, April 23 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the government of the Russian Federation headed by Alexandr Kozlov, minister of Natural Resources and Ecology who is chairman of the Russian side to the DPRK-Russia Inter-governmental Committee for Cooperation in Trade, Economy, Science and Technology, and Mikhail Murashuko, minister of Health, visited the Memorial Tower of the Soviet Army in Wonsan City on April 22. The delegation participated in the ceremony to declare the start of the construction of the DPRK-Russia Friendship Hospital.

Working-Level Talks between DPRK and Russia Held
Pyongyang, April 23 (KCNA) -- Working-level talks involving different sectors were held at Myongsasimni Hotel in the Wonsan Kalma coastal tourist area on April 22 to boost exchange and cooperation between the DPRK and the Russian Federation.

Russian Delegation Visits Liberation Tower
Pyongyang, April 23 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the Ministry of Interior of the Russian Federation led by Minister Vladimir Kolokoltev laid a wreath at the Liberation Tower on April 22.

Present there were Kim Song Nam, vice-minister of Public Security of the DPRK, and Vladimir Topeha, charge d'affaires ad interim of the Russian embassy here.

The guard of honor of the Korean People's Army lined up at the tower.

The national anthems of the Russian Federation and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea were played.

A wreath in the name of the minister of Interior of the Russian Federation was placed at the tower amid the playing of wreath-laying music.

The participants paid silent tribute to the fallen martyrs of the Soviet Army before looking round the tower.

Then they visited the cemetery of fallen fighters of the Soviet Army in Sadong District to lay a wreath and flowers. -0-

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Jo Yong Won Meets Russian Delegation
Pyongyang, April 23 (KCNA) -- Jo Yong Won, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, first vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, met with a delegation of the Ministry of Interior of the Russian Federation led by Minister Vladimir Kolokoltev which paid a courtesy call on him at the Pyongyang Assembly Hall on April 22.

He had a talk with the delegation in a friendly atmosphere.

Present there were Minister Pang Tu Sop of Public Security of the DPRK, officials concerned and Charge d'Affaires ad Interim of the Russian embassy here Vladimir Topeha. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.04.23.)

Ground-breaking Ceremony for Building DPRK-Russia Friendship Hospital Held
Pyongyang, April 23 (KCNA) -- The DPRK-Russia Friendship Hospital will be built at the scenic Myongsasimni shore of the Wonsan Kalma coastal tourist area on the East Sea of Korea amid many-sided exchange and cooperation for providing the peoples of the two countries with substantial welfare by further strengthening the traditional relations of friendship and cooperation between the DPRK and Russia.