The participants laid bouquets before the statues of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il in Hamhung City, South Hamgyong Province and paid tribute to them.

At the meeting attended by the captain and crewmen of a Belizean-flagged ship, speakers paid deep respects to Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and extended the highest glory to Kim Jong Un.

Referring to the achievements made by the Korean people in the 70-day and 200-day campaigns last year to glorify the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, they said that they are a result of the single-minded unity of the army and people rallied around the great Party and their great capacity for self-development.

They stressed that the New Year Address of Kim Jong Un is important guidelines accelerating the building of socialist power and the struggle for national reunification.

They wished the Korean people greater success in carrying out the tasks set forth in the New Year Address under the leadership of the Party.

A letter to Kim Jong Un was adopted at the meeting.