Recalling that Western media are now kicking up much fuss over the issue of the DPRK's projected launch of experimental communications satellite, the statement noted that their basic purpose is to deter the DPRK's development of space for peaceful purposes.

It continued:

No one can bar a sovereign state from conducting a scientific experiment in any scientific and technological field including ultra-modern technology.

The DPRK, a sovereign state, has a plan to develop space necessary for the nation's economic development and the promotion of the welfare of the people in a few years to come.

The DPRK has the right to defend itself and ensure its security as a driving force under international law.

The executive committee supports the DPRK's projected satellite launch and wishes it success and calls on all the progressive forces in the world to spare no efforts to prevent the provocative acts and the escalation of the tension on the Korean Peninsula.