The statement said:

The President is praised by the progressive as the eternal sun of Juche.

He founded the Juche idea to provide a great guiding idea for the cause of independence.

The foundation of the Juche idea helped usher in the new era of history, the era of independence in which the popular masses hew out the road of the times and revolution independently and creatively as the masters of the world and their own destiny.

He led the cause of independence to victory with his Songun revolutionary leadership.

He ushered in the new era of the development of international relations based on independence.

He also actively supported the people of many countries in their struggle for achieving anti-imperialist national liberation and building new society.

He always lives in the heart of all people as the sun of Juche as he opened the era of independence and dedicated his whole life to the triumphant advance of the human cause of independence.