It said this in a statement on July 13.

The statement said:

President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il performed undying exploits to reunify divided Korea in the idea of independence, peaceful reunification and great national unity.

Marshal Kim Jong Un is energetically leading the Korean people in their struggle to achieve the historic cause of national reunification, true to the noble intention of the President and Kim Jong Il.

The special proposal of the NDC and the statement of the DPRK government reflect the will to improve the catastrophic inter-Korean relations, put an end to confrontation and achieve the reunification of the country, the cherished desire of the nation, at an early date.

The Socialist Party of Benin extends invariable support and solidarity to the Korean people in their struggle to reunify the country under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Un, the lodestar of national reunification and benevolent father of the whole Korean nation.