The statement said:

General Kim Jong Il provided a firm guarantee for the independent reunification of the country and everlasting prosperity of the Korean nation with his Songun revolutionary leadership and Songun politics. The undying exploits he performed out of his patriotism are eternal treasures which are recorded in gold letters in the nation's history spanning 5000 years.

His Songun leadership brought about miraculous achievements in the homeland.

The DPRK has stood firm against the U.S. and made dynamic progress towards prosperity despite all unfair sanctions. This reality would be unthinkable without his Songun leadership.

Even at this moment the U.S. imperialists and south Korean warmongers seeking to deploy THAAD in south Korea kicked off a joint military exercise Ulji Freedom Guardian, pushing the situation on the Korean peninsula to the brink of war.

The Koreans in China will frustrate every war move of the U.S. imperialists and their followers, and step up the patriotic work to bring earlier the building of a powerful socialist country and national reunification under the leadership of Marshal Kim Jong Un, the great brilliant commander of Songun.