He laid bouquets before the fine art work depicting President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il standing together and paid tribute to them.

He praised Kim Jong Il as a distinguished leader who defended the sovereignty and dignity of the country and turned the DPRK into a politico-ideological and military power and a nuclear weapons state with his outstanding political caliber and matchless pluck and courage.

He expressed his conviction that the Korean People's Army would develop into an elite revolutionary army with invincible militancy and the Korean people would continue to achieve greater success in building a socialist power under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Un.