Priority to the meeting, they laid bunches of flowers before a statue of President Kim Il Sung in Nampho City and paid tribute to him.

Present there were captains and crewmen of a Chinese-flagged ship and two Cambodian-flagged ship.

The speakers at the meeting said that a grave situation is now prevailing on the Korean Peninsula due to the joint military exercises being waged under the baton of the U.S.

The DPRK's satellite launch for peaceful purposes and third nuclear test cannot be called into question, they noted.

They extended firm support and solidarity to the Korean people in their struggle for defending the dignity and sovereignty of the nation despite the moves of the provocateurs to stifle them.

The speakers hoped that the Korean people full of conviction of a victory with boundless loyalty to their leader would achieve greater successes in realizing the cause of justice.

A letter to the dear respected Kim Jong Un was adopted at the meeting.