From: "Juche 86" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 06:20:22 +0100 To: "Juche Insurrection" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Juche Insurrection] Novosti: August 7 2001 NOVOSTI / Russian Information Agency ------------------------------------------ http://www.rian.ru/ 1) KIM JONG-IL DEPARTS FOR PYONGYANG WEDNESDAY EVENING 2) KIM JONG-IL VISITED PISKARYOVSKOYE CEMETERY IN ST. PETERSBURG 3) FIRST DAY OF KIM JONG IL'S VISIT TO ST. PETERSBURG ENDED WITH A VISIT TO THE THEATRE 4) KIM JONG-IL'S ST. PETERSBURG PROGRAM CHANGED 5) LONDON WELCOMES PYONGYANG INTENTION TO OBSERVE MORATORIUM ON BALLISTIC MISSILES TESTING 6) WASHINGTON FOLLOWS KIM'S VISIT TO RUSSIA 7) OFFICIALS ARRIVE AT STATION TO MEET KIM JONG-IL 8) RUSSIAN ULTRAS IN DOCK FOR ROUGH RALLY 9) CLAMOUR AROUND KIM JONG-IL'S ARRIVAL OVEREDONE 10) MOSCOW CLEANS COP-OVERRUN RAIL TERMINUS TO MEET KIM 11) KIM JONG-IL SPOKE HIGHLY OF THE KIROV FACTORY TRACTORS VERSUS THEIR WESTERN EQUIVALENTS 12) RUSSIA HOPES TO PAY SOME OF ITS DEBT TO SOUTH KOREA BY INVESTING IN NORTH KOREAN ECONOMY 13) KIM JONG-IL DEPARTS FOR PYONGYANG WEDNESDAY EVENING 14) NORTH KOREAN LEADER COMPLETED HIS VISIT TO ST. PETERSBURG AND LEFT FOR MOSCOW 15) DISPUTES IN MOSCOW OVER TRAIN SCHEDULES IN CONNECTION WITH KIM JONG-IL'S DEPARTURE 16) KIM JONG-IL ARRIVES AT MOSCOW'S LENINGRADSKY STATION 1)KIM JONG-IL DEPARTS FOR PYONGYANG WEDNESDAY EVENING ======================================================= MOSCOW, August 7, 2001 /From a RIA Novosti correspondent/--Visiting North Korean leader Kim Jong Il leaves Moscow for Pyongyang on his armoured train at approximately 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, report top officials of the Moscow Railroad. In this connection, Moscow's Yaroslavsky terminal will declare break in railway traffic at 5:30 p.m. The break won't last longer than 40 minutes, assured railroad officials, who promised to bring in additional suburban trains in the evening to make up for the inconveniences that passengers may suffer during the break. 2)KIM JONG-IL VISITED PISKARYOVSKOYE CEMETERY IN ST. PETERSBURG ============================================================== ST. PETERSBURG, August 7, 2001 /from RIA Novosti correspondent Dina Danilova/ -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il on Tuesday visited the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery in St. Petersburg. He went there, accompanied by city governor Vladimir Yakovlev and the Russian President's plenipotentiary representative in the North-Western Federal District, Viktor Cherkesov. The members of the delegation stood a minute at the Eternal Flame after which Kim Jong-il went closer to the flame and stood there alone with his head bent. The North Korean leader laid a wreath to the Motherland Monument with an inscription in the Korean language: "To the heroic defenders of Leningrad - Kim Jong-il." After this ceremony, Kim Jong-il visited the memorial museum. According to the director of the cemetery, Alexander Shoshmin, the North Korean leader presented a vase to the museum. In return, he was given a memorable medal of the Piskaryovskoye Memorial. On Tuesday, Kim Jong-il is expected also at the Kirov Plant where he will inspect the latest models of tanks, developed by the plant. 3)FIRST DAY OF KIM JONG IL'S VISIT TO ST. PETERSBURG ENDED WITH A VISIT TO THE THEATRE =============================================== ST. PETERSBURG, August 7, 2001. /From RIA Novosti correspondent Nadezhda Kartseva/--The first day of North Korean leader's visit to St. Petersburg ended with a trip to the Mariinsky Theatre, where Kim Jong Il watched a classical ballet -- an art that never became popular in North Korea. Accomplishing a sightseeing tour of the Hermitage, Kim headed along the Kutuzov Embankment /which was paved with fresh asphalt on the eve of the high guest's arrival/ towards Smolny to hold talks with the St. Petersburg Governor. After the talks with the Governor, the chairman of the Central Committee of the Korean Labour Party was invited to view the Vladimir Lenin Study. Although Kim himself refused, explaining that he had already visited this study back in 1961 when he accompanied his father Kim Il Sung on a tour of the Soviet Union, he urged the members of his delegation to view the study by all means. After that, the North Korean leader took a silent stroll across the rain-drizzled bastion roofs of the Peter and Paul Fortress, silently glanced around the Peter and Paul Cathedral /the burial vault of the Romanov dynasty/ and departed for the Baltika brewery to view the organisation of beer production, which he intends to start in his own country. 4)KIM JONG-IL'S ST. PETERSBURG PROGRAM CHANGED ============================================== ST. PETERSBURG, August 7, 2001 /from a RIA Novosti correspondent/ -- Changes have been made in the programme of the second day of Kim Jong-il's stay in St. Petersburg. As the press service of the Petersburg administration reported, on Tuesday, instead of visiting the Kirov Plant, as was earlier planned, where he intended to inspect tractors, Kim Jong-il will lay flowers to the Motherland Monument at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery. Initially, his visit to the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery was planned for Monday, but was postponed because of the rain. After laying the wreath, Kim Jong-il will visit the cruiser Aurora. At 11:00, Moscow time, the leader of North Korea is supposed to leave St. Petersburg. Kim Jong-il's special train is expected to arrive at the Leningradsky Railway Station of Moscow at 20:00, Moscow time. On Wednesday, at 15:00, Moscow time, the DPRK leader will visit the Tretyakov Picture Gallery. At 18:00, Moscow time, the private train of the North Korean head of state will set off from the Yaroslavsky railway station for Pyongyang along the Trans-Siberian Railway. 5) LONDON WELCOMES PYONGYANG INTENTION TO OBSERVE MORATORIUM ON BALLISTIC MISSILES TESTING ============================================== LONDON, AUGUST 7, 2001 (FROM RIA NOVOSTI CORRESPONDENT) -- Official London welcomes the statement made by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il in Moscow about the DPRK intention to observe a moratorium on the launches of ballistic missiles till 2003, an official spokesman for the British Foreign Office said. According to him, a part of the Declaration, signed on the results of the Russian-North Korean summit, to the effect that Pyongyang's missile programme is peaceful in nature arouses a similar reaction. Nevertheless, the British diplomat pointed out, London shares the anxiety of the world community concerning the preservation of the regime of non-proliferation of mass destruction weapons. The British side is going to touch upon this question during bilateral contacts with DPRK representatives at various levels. The official Foreign Office representative did not answer the question whether London is ready, in connection with such statements of the North Korean leader, to look at US plans of deploying the NMD system in a new way.-O-(lio/ant) 07/08/01 09:45 6) WASHINGTON FOLLOWS KIM'S VISIT TO RUSSIA ========================================== WASHINGTON, AUGUST 7, 2001 /FROM RIA NOVOSTI CORRESPONDENT ARKADY ORLOV/ -- The USA is following Kim Jong-Il's visit to Russia with great interest and welcomes North Korea's cooperation with other countries, said official spokesman for the US Department of State Richard Boucher. Speaking to journalists in Washington on Monday, Boucher said that the George Bush administration had taken notice of Russian president Vladimir Putin's statement on the importance of Kim Jong-Il's visit to South Korea and on the resumed dialogue between South and North Koreas. It is a significant aspect we'd like to emphasise, said the spokesman, recalling that last year the sides had agreed upon Kim Jong-Il's return visit to Seoul in 2001. According to Boucher, the US, in turn, is also ready to seriously negotiate with North Korea without any preliminary conditions. The American side has numerously signalled readiness for such negotiations, said Mr Boucher, adding that the USA would be waiting for North Korea's reply to the aforesaid proposals. 7) OFFICIALS ARRIVE AT STATION TO MEET KIM JONG-IL =============================================== MOSCOW, August 7. /RIA Novosti correspondent/. North Korean and Russian officials have arrived at Leningradsky Station to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. The North Korean delegation's motorcade had driven into the station's territory. The Mercedes limousine, in which Kim will be driven around Moscow, also arrived. For ten minutes all traffic on Komsomolskaya Square was halted. 8) RUSSIAN ULTRAS IN DOCK FOR ROUGH RALLY ========================================= MOSCOW, August 7. /From RIA Novosti's Maria Lokotetskaya/ - An extreme Right political party, the Transnational Radicals, gathered for an unauthorised rally close to the North Korean Embassy, Sunday last. Eight party activists are facing an administrative warning or token fines for trespassing the law on rallies, demonstrations and pickets. The Nikulino district court appointed hearings for Thursday, August 9. 9) CLAMOUR AROUND KIM JONG-IL'S ARRIVAL OVEREDONE ================================================== MOSCOW, August 7. /RIA Novosti correspondent/. The special train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is expected to arrive at 8:00 p.m. Moscow time, said Boris Ryabov, chief of Leningrad Station. He believes that the clamour around the visit is overdone. According to him, "there are instructions on welcoming distinguished guests, which are obligatory for all departments, including us". Ryabov admitted that "there are certain inconveniences". But, he noted, some trains were delayed for four hours last week because of a hurricane, but it was a hurricane, and "everybody took an understanding view". 10) MOSCOW CLEANS COP-OVERRUN RAIL TERMINUS TO MEET KIM ========================================================= MOSCOW, August 7. /RIA Novosti/ - Kim Jong-il, North Korean leader, is expected in Moscow tonight. A big cleaning is on at the Leningrad railway terminus. All refuse bins have been taken away behind a huge poster. The police are blocking the left terminus side from the central gates to a paid parking lot. Entrance is barred. Police cars have taken up another parking lot, across a square from the terminus. Two police teams with trained dogs are searching the station building for boobytraps and timebombs. 11) KIM JONG-IL SPOKE HIGHLY OF THE KIROV FACTORY TRACTORS VERSUS THEIR WESTERN EQUIVALENTS =================================================== ST. PETERSBURG, August 7, 2001. /Vyacheslav Kalashnikov, RIA Novosti./ North Korean leader Kim Jong-il spoke highly of the Kirov Factory tractors versus their western equivalents. Deputy Director General of the OAO Kirov Factory Arkadiy Zaviyalov said Tuesday that Mr. Kim promised to ask North Korean government officials "to study the possibilities of purchasing machinery from the Kirov Factory." According to Mr. Zaviyalov, the North Korean leader noted, that he prefered Kirov Factory products to their Western equivalents: they are not only cheaper, but also easier to work with and maintain, and they serve longer. Kirov's Director General refuted the prevailing opinion that Mr. Kim is not very loquacious. He said that during the visit to the factory, the North Korean leader willingly talked with factory workers, was in good spirits, and spoke fluent Russian." 12) RUSSIA HOPES TO PAY SOME OF ITS DEBT TO SOUTH KOREA BY INVESTING IN NORTH KOREAN ECONOMY ================================================== MOSCOW, August 7, 2001 /From a RIA Novosti correspondent/ -- Russia is planning to liquidate part of its debt to South Korea by restoring North Korean enterprises built with the help of the USSR. Considering that the two Koreas expect to engage these enterprises in their joint projects, it is quite possible that Russia's modernization costs will be taken into account while settling its debt to South Korea. According to informed sources, Russia and North Korea discussed this possibility during the visit of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to Russia. All in all, the Soviet Union helped North Korea erect around 70 industrial enterprises, but restoration talks concern, above all, Soviet-built thermoelectric power plants, whose equipment has long become obsolete. In the meantime, South Korean businessmen are working on a project of North Korean technoparks, which will need power supplies. Russia's restoration of power plants will enable Seoul to count its expenses towards repayment of loans granted to the Soviet Union, which total around $1.5 billion. According to the sources, Moscow's idea is currently being discussed with Seoul. 13) KIM JONG-IL DEPARTS FOR PYONGYANG WEDNESDAY EVENING ========================================================= MOSCOW, August 7, 2001 /From a RIA Novosti correspondent/--Visiting North Korean leader Kim Jong Il leaves Moscow for Pyongyang on his armoured train at approximately 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, report top officials of the Moscow Railroad. In this connection, Moscow's Yaroslavsky terminal will declare break in railway traffic at 5:30 p.m. The break won't last longer than 40 minutes, assured railroad officials, who promised to bring in additional suburban trains in the evening to make up for the inconveniences that passengers may suffer during the break. 14) NORTH KOREAN LEADER COMPLETED HIS VISIT TO ST. PETERSBURG AND LEFT FOR MOSCOW =================================================== ST. PETERSBURG, August 7, 2001 /RIA Novosti/ -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has completed his visit to St. Petersburg and left for Moscow. No extra security measures were taken at the Moscow railroad station in St. Petersburg to ensure safe departure of the North Korean leader, said a RIA Novosti correspondent. Regular passengers as well as curious onlookers were allowed to enter train station's platforms. Before getting on the train, Mr. Kim greeted the people around by waving his hand. As several trains were delayed because of Mr. Kim's departure, the North Korean leader received resentful shouting in response. Presidential Envoy to the North-Western Federal District Vladimir Cherkasov and St. Petersburg Governor Vladimir Yakovlev were seeing Mr. Kim off. North Korean security officers checked a bouquet of flowers that Mr. Yakovlev gave to the North Korean leader before handing it to Mr. Kim. 15) DISPUTES IN MOSCOW OVER TRAIN SCHEDULES IN CONNECTION WITH KIM JONG-IL'S DEPARTURE ================================================= MOSCOW, August 7, 2001 /RIA Novosti/ -- The Moscow railroad authorities reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il's departure would take 50 minutes. Earlier, it was reported that the pause would last for no less than 40 minutes. Mr. Kim will leave Moscow by his private train Wednesday, tentatively at 6 PM, and Moscow suburban trains will be put off at that time. Konstantin Pashkov, the head of the Moscow railroad's press service, said, "this should not affect the regular suburban passenger train timetable, as on week days most of such trains depart in the evening." The Russian press criticized excessive, as they called them, security measures connected with Mr. Kim's arrival and departure, which disrupted train timetable. However, the press did not mention that Russian have to endure even more serious inconveniences, because city roads, which are usually even busier, are also closed any time a high-ranking government official arrives in the city. This happens much more frequently than a rare visit by the North Korean leader. 16) KIM JONG-IL ARRIVES AT MOSCOW'S LENINGRADSKY STATION ======================================================== MOSCOW, August 7. /RIA Novosti correspondent Christine Rodriguez/. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il on Tuesday arrived at Leningradsky Station in Moscow. Within minutes of the train's arrival, Kim dressed in his traditional marsh-coloured jacket, emerged onto the platform, closely ringed by guards and submachine gunners. Passing journalists, the distinguished guest saluted them, smiled and waved a hand. Muscovites and guests of the capital, gathered behind turnstiles, greeted the distinguished guest with applause and hurrah shouts. After that, Kim climbed into his armour-plated Mercedes and departed, with his motorcade, from Leningradsky Station. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
