Present on the occasion were Ri Pyong Chol, Member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK and Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Ri Yong Gil, Secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, and Kang Sun Nam, Pak Su Il and Jong Kyong Thaek, commanding personnel of the military.
He said that all the achievements in this country are warmly associated with the precious blood and sweat and priceless devotion of our revolutionary army and that the long history of the Korean revolution shines with victory and glory thanks to the immortal exploits of our People's Army regarding the loyalty to the idea and cause of the WPK as its faith.
Ever-victorious army should be the eternal name of our People's Army, he said and called for carrying forward forever the glorious 75-year-long history of the revolutionary army which has supported the invincibility and mightiness of Juche Korea with arms, keeping the precious honour possessed only by the revolutionary armed forces of our Party as the greatest wealth.