Cuban President Arrives in Pyongyang, Received by Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un

At the invitation of Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez, president of the Council of State and president of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba, arrived in Pyongyang by his personal plane on Sunday to visit the DPRK.

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un greeted him at Pyongyang International Airport.

Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju came out to the airport.

Present there were Kim Yong Nam, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee and president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and vice-chairman of the WPK Central Committee, Premier Pak Pong Ju, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee and vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, Ri Su Yong and Pak Thae Song, members of the Political Bureau and vice-chairmen of the WPK Central Committee, Ri Yong Ho, member of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee and foreign minister, Kim Nung O, alternate member of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee and chairman of the Pyongyang Municipal Committee of the WPK, Deputy Premier Ri Ryong Nam and Ma Chol Su, DPRK ambassador to Cuba.

Army General Kim Su Gil, director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army, Army General Ri Yong Gil, chief of the KPA General Staff, Army General No Kwang Chol, minister of the People's Armed Forces, and other commanding officers of the KPA were also present there.

Ambassador Jesus De Los Angeles Aise Sotolongo and staff members of the Cuban embassy in Pyongyang were on hand.

Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju warmly greeted Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez and his wife Lis Cuesta Perasa.

The DPRK Supreme Leader introduced to his Cuban counterpart the leading officials of the Party and the government and the commanding officers of the KPA who came to greet him.

He exchanged greetings with the Cuban leader’s entourage.

There was a ceremony for welcoming the Cuban President.

Amid the playing of the national anthems of the Republic of Cuba and the DPRK, a 21-gun salute was fired.

The top leaders of the two countries reviewed the guards of honour of the KPA.

They waved back to the enthusiastically cheering citizens.

The car carrying the Cuban leader headed for the lodging quarters, escorted by motorcycles.

Streets in the capital city where cars carrying the missions of the revolutionary Cuban people passed were crowded with welcoming citizens, students and schoolchildren and service personnel, and welcoming people could also be seen at the windows of flats.

The car carrying the top leaders of the two countries arrived at the Paekhwawon State Guest House.

Kim Jong Un and Ri Sol Ju personally guided the Cuban President and his wife into a room of the lodging place.

They had a pleasant chat there in an amicable atmosphere.