North Korean leader continues his tour of Russia

ULAN-UDE, August 24 (Itar-Tass) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il will
continue his tour of Buryatia on Wednesday.
"He is likely to have a cultural program in the first half of the
day," a well-informed source told Itar-Tass.
The program just like all other information related to the North
Korean leader's visit is kept secret. However, it's believed that Kim Jong
Il may visit a museum in Ulan-Ude on Wednesday. Besides, according to
unofficial reports, Buryatian artists and the stars of the Buryatian Opera
Theatre are preparing a concert for the North Korean leader.
Kim Jong Il arrived in Ulan-Ude in his armoured train in the morning
of August 23 and immediately headed for Lake Baikal. The North Korean
leader examined a site for the construction of the Baikal Harbour tourist
zone. Turka is one of the centres of this tourist area. A modern port, a
congress hall and hotels and other accommodation facilities for tourists
will be built in Turka.
The North Korean guest took a yacht trip over Lake Baikal on the route
Turka-Goryachinsk-Turka.
Prior to the yacht trip Kim Jong Il had had a swim in a swimming pool
with Baikal water. On the bank of Lake Baikal he was treated with dishes
of Buryatian national cuisine, which consisted of various types of meat,
fish and freshly boiled sausages. The North Korean leader finished his
first day in Buryatia by visiting the Ulan-Ude aviation plant.
Viktor Ishayev, the Russian president's special envoy to the Far
Eastern Federal District, and Buryatian President Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn
are accompanying Kim Jong Il on his trip.
Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and Viktor Tolokonskiy, the
presidential envoy in the Siberian Federal District, arrived in Buryatia
on August 23.
Anatoly Serdyukov paid a visit to the troops of the Eastern military
district to discuss questions of military reform.
Viktor Tolokonskiy is on a working trip during which he has had
personal meetings with citizens and has visited several construction sites.