The participants laid a floral basket before the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in Nampho City and paid tribute to them.

Present there were the captain and crewmen of the Panama-flagged ship Iast Pros Perity. .

Speakers said that they came to recollect the exploits of Kim Jong Il who developed the human thought with his outstanding ideological and theoretical activities and original Songun politics and firmly defended socialism.

They said that the DPRK is demonstrating its dignity as the politico-ideological and military power thanks to the leadership of Kim Jong Il who led the confrontation with imperialism and the U.S. to victory.

They stressed that Kim Jong Il was the prominent leader and tender-hearted father of the people who dedicated his all to the country's prosperity, people's happiness, world peace and accomplishment of the cause of independence all his life.

They expressed their firm belief that the Korean people would certainly triumph in their just cause for building a thriving socialist nation under the leadership of Marshal Kim Jong Un.

A letter to Kim Jong Un was adopted at the meeting.