The general secretary said that his party has long developed the friendly relations with the Workers' Party of Korea which was founded by President Kim Il Sung and is steered by General Secretary Kim Jong Il, reiterating the will to boost the close cooperation between the two parties.

Our party voices full support and solidarity with the Korean people in their struggle to dynamically accelerate the building of socialism and achieve the reunification of the country in face of threats and blackmail of the U.S. imperialists and their followers, he said, stressing that it is a legitimate right for each country to launch a satellite.