A string of high-profile foreign delegations arrived in Seoul on Saturday to attend the state funeral of the late former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was heading a 10-member delegation, while China sent an 11-member group, headed by former state councilor and foreign minister Tang Jiaxuan, with Japan’s delegation led by former House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono.

All the heads of the U.S., Chinese, and Japanese delegations had relatively many chances to meet the former South Korean president while serving as their countries' top diplomats during his presidency from 1998-2003.

The U.S. team includes familiar key figures involving the country’s Korean affairs such as Stephen Bosworth, special representative for North Korea policy, Wendy Sherman, former counselor of the State Department, Evans Revere, president of the Korea Society, and James Leach, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Yonhap said.

Also included are the U.S. ambassador to Seoul Kathleen Stephens and her predecessors ― Donald Gregg, Thomas Hubbard and James Laney.

Russia didn’t dispatch a separate delegation from Moscow and its ambassador to Seoul Gleb Ivashentsov will attend the funeral.

Britain and Australia will be represented by Andrew Adonis, secretary of state in the department for transport, and Anthony Byrne, parliamentary secretary for trade, respectively.