Comrade Kwon Jong Gun, director-general of the Department of American Affairs of the DPRK Foreign Ministry, released the following statement on Thursday.

Comrade Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, first vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, met and had a friendly talk with a Syrian government delegation led by Walid Al-Muallem, deputy prime minister and minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on Tuesday when the delegation paid a courtesy call on him.

The daily "Rodong Sinmun" carried an editorial on the 25th under the title "Let Us Carry forward and Glorify the Spirit of National Defence through Generations".

Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, received a personal letter from President of the United States of America Donald Trump.

The Supreme Leader of the party, state and armed forces of DPR Korea Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, met Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President of the People's Republic of China, at the building of the Headquarters of the Central Committee of the WPK on the afternoon of June 20 and had a picture taken with members of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee.

Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), together with Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and president of the People's Republic of China (PRC), enjoyed the grand mass gymnastics and artistic performance "Invincible Socialism" on Thursday evening.

Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and his wife Ri Sol Ju gave a grand banquet on the evening of June 20 in welcome of Korea visit of Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President of the People's Republic of China, and his wife Peng Liyuan.

The Supreme Leader of the party, state and armed forces of Korea Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, talked with Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President of the People's Republic of China, on the afternoon of June 20.

At the invitation of Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and president of the People's Republic of China (PRC), arrived in Pyongyang by his personal plane Thursday to pay a state visit to the DPRK.

The Pyongyang International Sci-Tech Exhibition of Health and Medical Appliances opened with due ceremony at the Sci-Tech Complex on Monday.