He said:

Kim Jong Il successfully carried forward the immortal Juche idea and led the Workers' Party of Korea and the DPRK along the road of socialism, smashing the imperialists' moves against the DPRK.

He pursued the original Songun politics to meet the blatant challenge of the imperialists and their followers.

The Korean people has firmly defended socialism and achieved great successes in the building of a thriving nation thanks to the Songun politics.

Every visitor to the DPRK can witness successes achieved by the Korean people in building a thriving nation under the wise leadership of President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.

The imperialists are now making desperate efforts to block socialist construction in the DPRK and its economic development.

But the Korean people will surely emerge victorious in reliably defending the sovereignty of the country and building an economic power under the leadership of supreme leader Kim Jong Un.