The statement said:

We will hold fast to President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il's Juche-based idea of the overseas compatriots movement as a lifeline and conduct a vigorous patriotic movement for reunification, rallied close around the General Association, the statement noted, and went on:

This year is a significant year of the 70th anniversaries of Korea's liberation and the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea and the 15th anniversary of the June 15 joint declaration.

The Zhongnan Regional Association will share breath with the people in the homeland making dynamic leaping progress toward a final victory and keep pace with them true to the Songun revolutionary leadership of Kim Jong Un and thus make a tangible contribution to the patriotic reunification work for prosperity of the country.

We will intensify the struggle to foil the anti-DPRK "human rights" racket of the U.S. and its vassal forces and their moves for a war of aggression against the DPRK and take the lead in the struggle for achieving the historic cause of Korea's reunification under the banner of the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration.