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Banquet Given to Mark DPRK Birthday

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

    Pyongyang, September 10 (KCNA) -- The DPRK government arranged a banquet at the People's Palace of Culture here on Friday evening in celebration of the 57th birthday of the DPRK. Addressing the banquet, Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, said that the DPRK is the benevolent motherland, which provided the Korean people with the position and dignity of being genuine masters of the country and society for the first time in the nation's history of 5,000 years, and a socialist state of Juche which brings to reality the popular masses' independent ideal and provides them happiness.
    President Kim Il Sung built a prosperous socialist power in this land, which had suffered an eclipse on the world map as a colony of the imperialists for many years, the speaker noted, stressing that his feats for nation-building will remain forever with the annals of the cause of Juche which is making a long drive.
    The DPRK is now demonstrating its independent dignity and potentials more fully than ever before under the ever-victorious Songun revolutionary leadership of Kim Jong Il, the speaker noted, and said: As long as there is his Songun leadership, the DPRK will dynamically advance along the road of Juche revolution despite of any challenges of history and remain prosperous and powerful forever.
    We, he further said, will decisively smash the moves of separatists at home and abroad under the banner of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration and surely achieve the historic cause of national reunification by the concerted efforts of the entire nation. Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is the behests of Kim Il Sung, and it is the consistent stand of the DPRK government to settle the nuclear issue through dialogues, he said, adding: We will do our utmost to solve the nuclear issue in a peaceful way and realize the denuclearization of the peninsula.
    The DPRK government will steadily strengthen solidarity with the progressive people of the world in the idea of independence, peace and friendship and strive to build an independent and peaceful new world, the speaker stated.
    Attending the banquet were senior party, state and army officials, chairpersons of friendly parties and members of the Cabinet.
    Also present on invitation were diplomatic envoys of different countries, representatives of international organizations here and foreign guests.