Attending it were personages of the National Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea of DR Congo and the DR Congo-Korea Friendship and Solidarity Association and other people.

A statement was read out at the rally.

Noting that the U.S. president's address at the UN General Assembly has stunned the whole world, the statement said:

His inhumane remarks that he would totally destroy a peaceful sovereign state at the UN, the world's largest official diplomatic stage, revealed his true colors as war maniac.

This proved once again that it is entirely just that the DPRK has taken self-defensive measures to build up the nuclear deterrent in every way despite the hostile forces' escalating sanctions and pressure.

The U.S. is groundlessly calling a sovereign state as "rogue state". Then, what can we call this shameless country?

We contend that heads of state of international community should solve the issue of the Korean peninsula in conformity with the UN Charter and international justice, not through criminal and inhumane methods of smothering a sovereign state's economy and bringing down its social system.

We, together with the world progressive people who love justice and peace, fully support the self-defensive measures of the DPRK to protect the sovereignty and dignity of the country and the regional peace and security.