Pyongyang, February
12, 2004 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il received a floral basket from Khamtay Siphandone,
chairman of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
and president of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, on the occasion of
his birthday. It was conveyed to an official concerned by Chanpheng Sihaphom,
Laotian ambassador e. p. to the DPRK, yesterday.