Present there were senior party, state and army officials Choe Ryong Hae, Ri Yong Ho, Kim Jong Gak, Jang Song Thaek, Hyon Chol Hae and Kim Won Hong.

Kim Jong Un warmly congratulated the service personnel who have displayed intense loyalty in the work to preserve with best care and manage the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun as an eternal holy site of the sun before having a photo session with them.

He expressed expectation and conviction that the service personnel would as ever creditably discharge their honorable mission and duty in the struggle for holding President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il in high esteem for all ages and glorify the glorious revolutionary history of the peerlessly great men and their immortal exploits.