They laid a floral basket and bouquets before the statues of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il in Chongjin City and paid tribute to them.

The captain and crewmen of the China Hong Kong-flagged ship MERMAID STAR were present at the meeting.

The speakers said as the WPK was led by Kim Jong Il, the Korean people could win victories, meeting all trails and difficulties and work such a miracle as building a powerful country that no formidable enemy dares provoke.

It was thanks to his wise leadership that the WPK has developed into a steel-strong party emerging ever-victorious and a dignified party enjoying absolute trust from the world progressives, they noted, and went on:

The servicepersons and people in the DPRK are stepping up the building of an economic power, united closer around the WPK headed by Marshal Kim Jong Un.

As they are led by the WPK headed by Kim Jong Un, the Korean people will surely build a thriving socialist country.

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