The Korean people are in bitter grief together with the Cuban people upon the news of the demise of Fidel Castro Ruz, he said, and went on:

The demise of Fidel Castro Ruz is a great loss to the party, government and people of the DPRK and Cuba.

Kim Jong Un, chairman of the WPK, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, visited the Cuban Embassy in Pyongyang to mourn the demise of Fidel Castro Ruz.

The mourning period was declared in the DPRK and leading officials of the party, state and the army and officials of the armed forces, working people's organizations, ministries and national institutions visited the Cuban Embassy to mourn the demise of Fidel Castro Ruz.

This is a clear expression of fraternal and militant friendship between the DPRK and Cuba.

Fidel Castro Ruz is a close friend and old revolutionary comrade-in-arms of the Korean people.

Fidel Castro Ruz visited the DPRK in March 1986 and met with President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il.

He exerted great efforts to strengthen militant fraternity and friendship between the peoples of the two countries fighting together at the outpost of the struggle against imperialism.

The friendship between the two countries provided by Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il together with Fidel Castro Ruz will invariably develop under the deep care of Marshal Kim Jong Un and respected Raul Castro Ruz.

We are firmly convinced that the fraternal Cuban people would overcome the pain over the loss of their outstanding leader, firmly defend the country, revolution and socialism and achieve prosperity of the country under the guidance of Raul Castro Ruz. true to the lifetime intention of Fidel Castro Ruz.