Hong said that he could come back to the embrace of the motherland with dignity after decades of sufferings in jail as he maintained the immutable faith that the genuine happiness and honor of a revolutionary soldier is in firmly trusting only in the Party and the leader and following them.

He stressed that the former unconverted long-term prisoners are enjoying a happy and worthwhile life under the loving care and benevolence of respected Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.

He expressed the belief that the members of the delegation would firmly keep to the road of patriotism true to the leadership of Kim Jong Un.