Japanese Prime Minister Arrives
Korean Central News Agency of DPRK
Pyongyang, May 22 (KCNA) -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi arrived here Saturday on a visit to the DPRK to implement the DPRK-Japan Pyongyang Declaration and restore the relations of confidence between the two countries.
A plane carrying him and his party touched down at Pyongyang Airport at 9:15 am.
He was accompanied by Masaaki Yamazaki, deputy chief Cabinet secretary, Hitoshi Tanaka, deputy minister for Foreign Affairs, Mitoji Yabunaka, chief of the Asia and Oceania Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and other suite members.
They were greeted at the airport by Kim Yong Il, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, and other officials concerned.
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