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4th Pyongyang International Scientific and Technological Books Fair Closes

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, September 15 (KCNA) -- The 4th Pyongyang International Scientific and Technological Books Fair which had been open since September 12 closed. The closing ceremony was held at the Grand People's Study House on September 14.
    Present there were Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Mun Jae Chol, acting chairman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries who was chairman of the organizing committee of the fair, Jon Yong Jin, vice-chairman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, Kim Hae Ryong, deputy general director of the Grand People's Study House, officials concerned, men of the press, scientists and technicians.
    Delegations and delegates from different countries, foreign diplomatic envoys and embassy officials, representatives of international organizations and members of their missions here were also present.
    A letter to leader Kim Jong Il from the participants in the fair was adopted at the ceremony.
    Donation certificates were awarded to the organizations which had donated books.
    Mun Jae Chol in his closing address stated that it was the consistent stand of the DPRK to promote the common prosperity of humankind and develop friendly relations with the world people through scientific and technological exchange and cooperation. The DPRK will as ever make energetic efforts to bolster scientific and technological exchange and cooperation with different countries of the world, true to the idea of independence, peace and friendship, he said.
    While the fair was open delegations and delegates swapped their achievements and experience in the fields of science, technology and the press and views on boosting cooperation and exchange among them, deepening sentiments of friendship.