Prior to the meeting, the participants laid bouquets before the statues of Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il in Hamhung City and paid tribute to them.

The captain and crewmen of the Sierra Leonean-flagged ship JIN ZHAO 11 were present at the meeting.

Speeches were made there.

The speakers said: The President founded the immortal Juche idea and led the revolution and construction to victory. His whole life was a brilliant one of a peerlessly great man who performed great exploits on behalf of the country, people, the era and history.

The Korean people could demonstrate the dignity of the country and nation at the highest level as they were holding Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in high esteem, and the world is admiring Juche Korea dynamically advancing toward the final victory for the building of a thriving nation.

They expressed belief that the Korean people would achieve greater successes in carrying out the historic cause for the building of a thriving socialist nation and national reunification under the seasoned leadership of Marshal Kim Jong Un.

A letter to Kim Jong Un was adopted at the meeting.