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Reception given in welcome of Belorussian President

Date: 27/03/2026 | Source: Pyongyang Times | Read original version at source

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, hosted a reception on March 26 to welcome Aleksandr Lukashenko, president of the Republic of Belarus, to the DPRK.

Present at the reception at invitation were Yuri Shuleiko, deputy prime minister of the government of the Republic of Belarus, Maxim Ryzhenkov, minister of Foreign Affairs, Aleksandr Khodzhayev, minister of Public Health, Andrei Ivanets, minister of Education, Andrei Kuznetsov, minister of Industry, and other suite members.

On hand were Kim Jae Ryong, Ri Il Hwan and Kim Song Nam, secretaries of the WPK Central Committee, Choe Son Hui, minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK, and Kim Tok Hun, first vice-premier of the Cabinet.

Kim Jong Un made a speech to welcome Aleksandr Lukashenko to the DPRK.

He appreciated that the visit of President Aleksandr Lukashenko to the DPRK serves as a step of important significance in putting the traditional relations of friendship between the DPRK and Belarus on a new high stage.

He said that he was pleased to confirm the will of the leaderships of the two countries to further boost and develop the bilateral friendly relations and get the confidence that they can do many things beneficial to promoting the prosperity and development of the two countries and the wellbeing of their peoples in the future, through today’s meeting and talks.

Aleksandr Lukashenko made a reply speech.

He expressed his thanks to Kim Jong Un for inviting him to visit the beautiful DPRK and according warm hospitality to the delegation of the Republic of Belarus.

Saying that the friendly relations between the two countries are now developing at a very fast speed, he added that through the visit, the Republic of Belarus and the DPRK agreed on boosting the efforts to expand and intensify comprehensive cooperation with each other and the leaderships of the two countries confirmed that they hold the same view on international affairs.

The participants in the reception toasted the development of the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries.

The reception proceeded in an amicable and warm atmosphere.

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