Attending the banquets were Kim Yong Nam, Hwang Pyong So and other officials, officials of the party and armed forces organs and officials concerned.

The participants in the conference were present on invitation.

The speakers warmly congratulated the veterans who took part in the conference thanks to the great trust and solicitude shown by Marshal Kim Jong Un.

They said Kim Jong Un initiated the conference on the occasion of the v-day, attended the conference and congratulated war veterans and persons of wartime merits.

The social trait of respecting war veterans as the country's priceless treasures and defenders and preferentially treating them is prevailing in the DPRK, the speakers said.

The army and people of the DPRK will learn from the spirit of defending the country displayed by the war veterans and thus put an end to the confrontation with the U.S. and accomplish at any cost the historic cause of national reunification and build without fail the biggest power and the people's paradise looked up by the world on this land, they stressed.