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Letter to Kim Jong Un from Meeting for 5th Int'l Festival in Praise of Great Persons
Pyongyang, April 17 (KCNA) -- Respected Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Monday received a letter from the participants in a consultative meeting held to successfully ensure the Fifth International Festival in Praise of the Great Persons of Mt Paektu.

The letter said that Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un, the great leaders of the Korean people, have been deeply revered by all people as the peerlessly great men of Mt Paektu for their feats performed on behalf of the era and history.

The consultative meeting had a depth-going discussion on the matters for ensuring the smooth holding of the international festival to be held this year which marks the 105th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, the 75th birth anniversary of Kim Jong Il and the 5th anniversary of Kim Jong Un's election to the top posts of the Korean party and state, it noted, adding:

The 5th International Festival in Praise of the Great Persons of Mt Paektu to be held in Pyongyang and the area of Mt Paektu in August will fully display the desire and will of the progressive mankind to exalt the great revolutionary careers and feats of the peerlessly great men for all ages.

The situation on the Korean peninsula and its surrounding areas are inching close the brink of a war quite contrary to the will of the Korean people and the peace-loving people of the world due to the hostile forces' steady sanctions and military provocations against the DPRK.

The letter expressed full support to the measures for self-defense taken by the DPRK to preserve the country's sovereignty and dignity, regional peace and security.

It stressed that under the leadership of Kim Jong Un, rosy will be the future of the powerful Paektusan nation envied by the progressive mankind and the cause of global independence in the 21st century will victoriously advance.

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