Gift to Kim Jong Il from Mongolian President

North Korean President Kom Jong Il was presented a gift by N. Enkhbayar, President of Mongolia. Pyongyang-based Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on May 2 that a visiting Mongolian delegates led by D. Tsogtbaatar, advisor for Foreign Policy to the President of Mongolia N. Enkhbayar, conveyed the gift to Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly on Wednesday.

Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, met and had a talk with D. Tsogtbaatar, advisor for Foreign Policy to the President of Mongolia, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on Wednesday. Present there were an official concerned and the Mongolian ambassador to the DPRK. The advisor said that the friendly and cooperative relations between Mongolia and the DPRK would continue to develop, adding that the Mongolian government would make efforts to further strengthen the relations.

Mongolia is one of few countries in the world that maintain friendly relations with North Korea.