The statement recalled that the U.S. imperialists and the south Korean puppet forces have ceaselessly committed provocation and aggression moves to stifle the Korean revolution and the socialist system of the DPRK even after the conclusion of the Armistice Agreement in 1953.

The Workers' Party of Korea, the government, the army and the people of the DPRK have emerged victorious in the struggle against the imperialists' aggression for decades under the wise leadership of General Secretary Kim Jong Il, being regarded as a paragon of humankind loving peace and freedom, it noted.

The statement expressed belief that the Korean people would never allow themselves to be a slave of imperialism but defend the gains of the revolution and the independent, democratic and popular socialist system at any cost.

It extended solidarity to the WPK, the government, the army and the people of the DPRK led by Kim Jong Il.