The statement said that Kim Jong Il laid lasting foundations for the prosperity of the DPRK and brought its rosy future with his energetic leadership and that he made titanic contributions to the human cause of independence with his distinguished ideo-theoretical activities.

It went on to say:

He built the Workers' Party of Korea into an ever-victorious guiding force and the DPRK into an invincible socialist country.

And with his politics of love and trust, he cemented the single-minded unity of Korea's society as firm as a rock and opened up a new era of building a powerful socialist country.

His lifetime exploits will shine forever as a precious legacy that guarantees the cause of socialism in the DPRK and the cause of global independence.

The statement called on the people of Myanmar and the world progressives to extend full support and solidarity to the DPRK people in the struggle for building a socialist power and achieving the national reunification under the guidance of respected Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.