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President Kim Yong Nam due in Namibia tomorrow

President Kim Yong Nam due in Namibia tomorrow

THE President of the Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea, Kim Yong Nam, is scheduled to arrive in Namibia tomorrow for an official visit during which he will attend the Independence celebrations and the official inauguration of the new State House on Friday.

President Nam will be accompanied by a 23-member delegation including North Korea’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pak Ui Chum, Foreign Trade Minister Ri Ryong Nam, Minister of Public Health Choe Chang Sik and the counsellor for external relations of the Praesidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly, Ko Song Sun, the Ministry of Information announced yesterday. Nam started his tour to three African countries – Uganda, Namibia and Angola – on Tuesday.”The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) was one of the staunch supporters of Swapo during the period of the liberation struggle,” the Information Ministry said in a press statement.”The new State House in Windhoek was mainly constructed by DPRK builders, hence the invitation to Comrade Kim Yong Nam to witness the official inauguration of the building on Friday.”During his stay in Namibia, Nam will hold official talks with representatives of Government and a number of agreements are scheduled to be signed on Thursday afternoon.On Saturday he is scheduled to pay a courtesy call on former President Sam Nujoma before departing to Heroes’ Acre for a wreath-laying ceremony.No other official commitments are scheduled and the North Korean delegation will depart at noon on Sunday.Nam started his tour to three African countries – Uganda, Namibia and Angola – on Tuesday.”The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) was one of the staunch supporters of Swapo during the period of the liberation struggle,” the Information Ministry said in a press statement.”The new State House in Windhoek was mainly constructed by DPRK builders, hence the invitation to Comrade Kim Yong Nam to witness the official inauguration of the building on Friday.”During his stay in Namibia, Nam will hold official talks with representatives of Government and a number of agreements are scheduled to be signed on Thursday afternoon.On Saturday he is scheduled to pay a courtesy call on former President Sam Nujoma before departing to Heroes’ Acre for a wreath-laying ceremony.No other official commitments are scheduled and the North Korean delegation will depart at noon on Sunday.

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