Banquet Given in Honor of Norodom Sihanouk
Korean Central News Agency of DPRK
Pyongyang, April 10 (KCNA) -- The Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK gave a banquet in honor of His Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk of the Kingdom of Cambodia on a goodwill visit to the DPRK at the People's Palace of Culture this evening.
Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the SPA, said in a speech at the banquet that the visit of His Majesty Norodom Sihanouk to the DPRK this year which marks the 10th anniversary of the successful accomplishment of the cause of perpetuating the memory of President Kim Il Sung was a manifestation of his deepest respect and true sense of obligation towards the President.
Recalling that the President established particularly close relationship of brotherhood with His Majesty the King in his lifetime and invariably maintained this warm friendship despite all sorts of tempests for decades, Kim Yong Nam noted that the great revolutionary life and immortal exploits of the President are being successfully carried forward by leader Kim Jong Il.
Kim Jong Il has always paid deep attention to the noble activities of His Majesty the King, setting greater store by such ties of brotherhood between the President and the King than any others, he said, and continued:
The DPRK government and people will as ever positively support the patriotic cause of His Majesty the King and make every effort to boost the traditional relations of friendship and cooperation with the Cambodian people true to the will of the President and the noble intention of Kim Jong Il.
Kim Yong Nam wholeheartedly hoped that the Cambodian people would register greater success in the work to build new Cambodia, sovereign and independent, neutral and non-aligned, under the steermanship of His Majesty the King. His Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk said in a speech at the banquet that since 1965, that is 39 years ago, he had had the unbounded honor, privilege and happiness of being the real younger brother of President Kim Il Sung, the distinguished man most respected and revered by him.
@It was since then that the President always supported and protected him and provided him with everything necessary for performing various duties for his country and people in the most difficult years in his life and in the period of the national liberation struggle, he noted, adding that .thanks to the benevolence and the noblest blessing bestowed upon him by the President and Kim Jong Il he has enjoyed a long life of 82 years and made all his work yield such splendid and substantial results as achieving the national liberation and complete independence of the Cambodian nation and people and their full sovereignty.
@The fraternal friendship between the two countries, the two nations and the peoples of the DPRK and Cambodia is most excellent and unbreakable and the cooperation and solidarity between them in different fields are also exemplary and beneficial, he said, and continued:
@The First and Second Kingdoms of Cambodia have firmly supported the just cause of the DPRK, the just proposal for the independent reunification of Korea with an ancient history in the international arena, in particular, and will do so in the future, too.
@Present there on invitation were Her Majesty the Queen and suite members of the King. Kwak Pom Gi, vice-premier of the DPRK Cabinet, and Ri Yong Son, minister of Commerce who is chairman of the DPRK-Cambodia Friendship Association, and others were among those present.
@An art performance was given by artistes of the Mansudae Art Troupe at the banquet.
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