On June 9, CHOI Ju-hwa, director of International Cooperation, and other staff members of the Secretariat attended a reception to celebrate Russia Day at the Paradise Hotel in Busan on behalf of Secretary General LIM Byung-jin, who was away on a business trip to China.

Ms. DUDNIK Oksana, Russian consul-general in Busan, who hosted the reception, said in her welcome speech, "After the current difficult period in international affairs, new developments will surely come," and wished Korea and Russia mutual development and prosperity.