The statement said:

He called for more dynamically waging the movement for national reunification holding up the slogan "Let us frustrate the challenges by the anti-reunification forces within and without and usher in a new era of independent reunification!" this year.

He urged the U.S. and the south Korean authorities to halt the dangerous aggressive war exercises and stop the military provocations escalating the tension and expressed the DPRK's will to make active efforts for north-south dialogue and improved relations.

His New Year Address serves as historic guidelines for the Korean people to achieve successes in the struggle for building a thriving socialist nation and achieving national reunification this year.