Acknowledging the enthusiastic cheers of all the participants in the conference, he extended warm militant greetings to them.

Saying that the conference served as an important occasion in bringing about a revolutionary turn in rounding off the combat readiness of the artillery personnel by perfectly applying the Juche-oriented war method of the artillery as required by the modern war, true to the WPK's idea of attaching importance to the artillery, he warmly congratulated the participants and had a photo session with them.

At the end of the photo session, he waved back to the participants with broad smile on his face.

He expressed the belief that all the participants would bear in mind the fact that it is a duty and stance of the artillery personnel fully ready for a decisive battle to prepare themselves as crack shots and put fresh spurs to rounding off the combat readiness and thus fulfill their sacred mission and duty they have assumed before the country and revolution.

He was accompanied by Hwang Pyong So, Pak Yong Sik, Ri Yong Gil and other commanding officers of the KPA.