The statement said:

The ongoing joint war drills of the U.S. and south Korea are an intolerable military provocation and a declaration of an all-out war against socialist Korea.

That was why Kim Jong Un solemnly ordered service personnel to keep watching with vigilance every movement of the enemies and deal prompt deadly counter-blows at the enemies, if they fire even a single shell at the territorial waters or territory where the DPRK's sovereignty is exercised, and never miss the golden opportunity and not confine the battle to a local war in the southwestern sector of the front but lead it to a sacred war for national reunification.

His order should be called a reply of the DPRK which possesses matchless military power and deterrent for self-defence strong enough to mercilessly wipe out any intruders.

The Socialist Party of Benin vehemently condemns the ongoing joint war drills of the U.S. and south Korea, branding them as a provocation against all the socialists of the world.

We extend invariable solidarity to the DPRK army and people, their hearts burning with the will to annihilate the enemies, inspired by Kim Jong Un's inspection of the biggest hotspots in the southernmost part of the southwestern sector of the front.