The statement said:

Kim Jong Il firmly consolidated the political and ideological position of the DPRK.

He, who put forward the Korean People's Army as a pillar for accomplishing the socialist cause and driving force of the revolution, paid deep attention to bolstering up the political forces of the Korean society with the KPA as its core.

He made sure that the popular masses were rallied around the Workers' Party of Korea with his politics of love and trust and turned all service personnel and people into an integral whole of single-minded unity which shares destiny with the party.

It is the brilliant fruition of Kim Jong Il's wise leadership that the DPRK has demonstrated its dignity as a politico-ideological power which remains unfazed in any storm and stress by dint of its single-minded unity of the whole society stronger than nukes.

He ushered in a new era of building a thriving socialist nation.

Although he passed away, his cause of Songun and the cause of building a thriving socialist nation have been successfully carried forward.

We express expectation and conviction that only victory and glory will be in store for the Korean people who are dynamically advancing toward a final victory under the leadership of Marshal Kim Jong Un, true to the behests of Kim Jong Il.