The statement said:

Leader Kim Jong Il was elected chairman of the NDC of the DPRK in the period when it was in the acute political and military confrontation with the U.S. imperialists who arrogantly acted, styling itself the only superpower in the world after the Soviet Union and eastern European socialist countries collapsed early in the early 1990s.

He frustrated the imperialists' war moves for aggression with his ever-victorious Songun politics.

Socialist Korea has turned into an invincible power and global socialist fortress since it upheld him as chairman of the NDC of the DPRK.

He wisely led the drive for implementing the behests of President Kim Il Sung.

Therefore, the two summits were held between the north and the south and the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration and the October declaration were adopted.

The DPRK turned into a military power with nuclear deterrence thanks to his Songun politics.

The powerful nuclear deterrence of the DPRK checked and frustrated the U.S. imperialists' moves to ignite a war.

After his unexpected demise Marshal Kim Jong Un made sure that the DPRK is holding Kim Jong Il as eternal chairman of the NDC of the DPRK in high esteem.

The exploits of Kim Jong Il will be everlasting.