The statement congratulated the DPRK on its successful launch of earth observation satellite Kwangmyongsong-4.

Its successful satellite launch was a legitimate exercise of a sovereign state's right to use space for peaceful purposes as it was a proud result of the policies of the great Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) of attaching importance to science and technology, and it was also an important event in developing the DPRK's science and technology and economy, the statement said, and went on:

The Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organization wishes the Korean people bigger success in their struggle for building a thriving nation true to the great WPK's policies of attaching importance to science and technology in the future, too.