The statement said that Kim Jong Il was an outstanding thinker and theoretician, great master of leadership and great model of independent politics recognized by the international community.

He formulated the revolutionary idea of President Kim Il Sung as an integral system of ideology, theory and method of Juche and constantly developed in depth the Juche idea as required by the era and the developing revolution, the statement noted, and went on:

He let all members of society firmly arm themselves with the Juche idea and more solidly consolidated the single-minded unity of the DPRK in ideology and purpose and in the sense of moral obligation.

By setting the Songun politics as basic political mode under socialism, he provided a guarantee for the cause of socialism to win victory after victory.

Thanks to his energetic activities the Pyongyang Declaration was adopted, an event of great historical significance.

Though he passed away, the Korean people are registering bigger successes in building a thriving socialist nation, united closer around the Workers' Party of Korea headed by the dear respected Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the WPK.