Present on the occasion were Pak Jong Chon, Member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Party and Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Ri Yong Gil, Minister of National Defense, and other leading officials of the Defense Ministry and Commanders of the services and Corps of the Korean People's Army.
Warmly shaking hands with commanding members of the army making a report of loyalty,
He said the first step of our revolutionary armed forces with the two pistols as an asset led to an imposing march of the invincible revolutionary army of the Party never in the world and the gun report in the forest of Antu developed into the thunderous firing of Hwasong missiles totally destroying the military bluff of the hostile forces. This great reality demonstrates the history of brilliant victory of the armed fores of the DPRK to be noteworthy in the annals of the motherland, he added.
In the present world where the strength fiercely clashes with strength and anyone can defend its dignity, rights and interests when it gets stronger, sharp attacking ability nobody dares to resist, overpowering military strength are the lifeline guaranteeing the safety of the state and the people and future of the forthcoming generations.
Clarifying the firm will of the Party Central Committee to firmly maintain and steadily improve the absolute supremacy of our revolutionary armed forces in order to preemptively and thoroughly contain and smash all dangerous attempts and threatening acts including nuclear threat posed by the hostile forces, he stressed the need for the army commanders to firmly take the Party's orientation and general line of building the army and decisively open a new stage of the development of the revolutionary armed forces.
Expressing his belief that the commanding personnel of the revolutionary armed forces will devote their life and soul, wisdom and passion to the sacred cause for cementing the self-defensive power of our great state in every way with a confidence in victory, without forgetting even a moment their noble sense of duty before the fatherland, revolution, and the people,