Pyongyang, September 9 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il received a congratulatory message from the Central Committee of the Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front on Friday on the 63rd anniversary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

The founding of the DPRK marked a special great event which realized the cherished desire of all the fellow countrymen and provided a sure guarantee for the accomplishment of the revolutionary cause of Juche and the reunification and prosperity of the nation as it was a jubilee of the nation which heralded the birth of the genuine people's regime, the first of its kind in the nation's history spanning five thousand years, the message said.

The history of the DPRK is a glorious history of creation and change in which it has brought great changes and miracles in the revolution and construction and advanced like the wind toward the eminence of a thriving nation, it noted, highly praising President Kim Il Sung for resolutely beating back the armed invasion by the U.S. imperialists and building an invincible power independent in politics, self-supporting in economy and self-reliant in national defence.

It went on:

Taking the feats the President performed in the nation-building as a steadfast lifeline for building a rich and powerful country, you have consolidated the political, military and economic foundations of the country and the unbreakable single-minded unity in every way and markedly strengthened the regime of the DPRK as a powerful political weapon to materialize the idea and cause of the President.

You established the Juche-based Songun political mode and built the peculiar state leadership system with the National Defence Commission as its pivot, in particular. This is shining as an outstanding feat performed by you as you provided a sure guarantee for accomplishing by force of arms the revolutionary cause of Juche which was hewed out and has won thanks to the arms of Mt. Paektu.

The recent historic visits paid by you to the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China evoked boundless admiration and joy of the world as they marked an epochal event in developing the traditional DPRK-Russia and DPRK-China friendly relations onto a new higher stage, in accelerating national reunification, achieving peace and stability in Northeast Asia and accomplishing the human cause of independence.

The vanguard fighters of the Anti-Imperialists National Democratic Front will remain loyal to your cause of building a reunified power, cherishing the greatest honor and pride of having held the great persons of Mt. Paektu in high esteem generation after generation.