In the statement they recalled that Kim Il Sung embarked on the road of the revolution in his teens, defeated the Japanese imperialists to liberate the country. He inflicted a shameful defeat upon the U.S. imperialists for the first time in history, demonstrating the sovereignty and dignity of the country and the nation before the whole world, and turned the DPRK into a socialist power, independent in politics, self-supporting in economy and self-reliant in national defence, they said, and went on:

The President in his lifetime extended material and moral support to the world revolutionary people in their struggle for independence against imperialism and colonialism.

The immortal exploits of the President powerfully encourage the world progressives in their struggle for independence against imperialism.

The astonishing successes made in the DPRK under the leadership of Kim Jong Il instill confidence and optimism into progressive mankind struggling for independence.

They sincerely wished the Korean people bigger successes in their drive for building a thriving nation.