7th Pyongyang Internat'l Commodity Exhibition Opens
Korean Central News Agency of DPRK
Pyongyang, May 17 (KCNA) -- The 7th Pyongyang International Commodity Exhibition opened at the Three Revolution Exhibition Monday.
The opening ceremony was attended by officials concerned and delegations of the DPRK and from different countries and regions.
Diplomatic envoys of China, Russia and Syria and staff members of different embassies here were also present there.
Rim Kyong Man, minister of Foreign Trade, made a congratulatory address which was followed by an opening speech by Ri Su Dok, director of the Korean International Exhibition Corporation.
The speakers said that the exhibition would offer an occasion of boosting the friendship and cooperation among countries and people, promoting common progress and prosperity and intensifying multi-faceted exchange, cooperation and trade in keeping with the desire and demand of humankind.
They hoped that the participants in the exhibition would achieve great success through wide-range contacts and diverse trade.
They said that the DPRK would strive hard to strengthen friendship and solidarity and develop cooperation and exchange with all the countries that are friendly to the DPRK in the idea of independence, peace and friendship, and promote common interests and prosperity of the world people.
Prior to the ceremony, the participants laid floral baskets before a photograph of President Kim Il Sung standing with leader Kim Jong Il in the exhibition hall before paying tribute to them.
They went round equipment and materials for the fields of power, metal, light industry and agriculture, electronic products, a variety of daily necessities and other exhibits presented by companies in the DPRK, China, Syria, Thailand, Italy, Malaysia and Taipei, China.
A reception was held at Yanggakdo International Hotel Monday evening in connection with the opening of the exhibition.
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