Pyongyang, March 24 (KCNA) — Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, met and congratulated the Cabinet members, newly appointed at the First Session of the 15th Supreme People’s Assembly, and the deputies to the 15th SPA at the Pyongyang Assembly Hall on March 23.

At a crucial time when a new historic advance, to be specially recorded in the history of prosperity and development of our Republic, was launched, the participants were filled with boundless emotion and joy of being warmly encouraged by the great leader after holding him in high esteem again as the top leader of the Party and the state and receiving from him the important administrative policy for leading the heyday of comprehensive national rejuvenation to a new victory.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un warmly congratulated the members of the Cabinet who came to assume the heavy responsibilities under the deep trust and expectation of the Party and the people.

Saying that the present situation, in which socialist construction is switching over to a new phase of high-level changes, requires the positive and creative efforts of the Cabinet members who are steering the implementation of the five-year strategy advanced by the Ninth Congress of the WPK, he noted that the officials of the Cabinet should always be full of the will to perfectly carry out the Party decisions, stronger than any others, and throw themselves heart and soul into bringing about practical achievements for the country and the people.

Expressing expectation that the newly appointed members of the Cabinet would strongly lead the implementation of the Party’s policies during the period of the new long-term plan, which will be the most responsible and important part of the struggle for our Party and state, with their firm viewpoint that the Cabinet’s work precisely means the work of the Party Central Committee and the implementation of the Party’s decisions is just the work of the Cabinet, he had a photo session with them.

He met DPRK ambassadors to foreign countries who came to participate in the important political meeting of the Party and the state. He had a photo taken with them, highly appreciating the efforts they have made by dedicating their wisdom and enthusiasm to the responsible work for reliably ensuring the socialist construction politically and diplomatically, adhering to the very mission of the DPRK’s diplomacy set forth by the WPK.

Then, he congratulated the deputies on successfully concluding the First Session of the 15th Supreme People’s Assembly.

Expressing belief that the deputies to the SPA would fulfill their honorable mission and duty as representatives of the people and state political activists in implementing the WPK’s state-building strategy, he had a photo taken with them, which will be eternally recorded in the constitutional history of the DPRK.

All the participants were full of enthusiasm to uphold with single-minded efforts the leadership of the great Party Central Committee which is powerfully carrying out the epoch-making causes of permanent significance in the DPRK’s existence and prosperity, deeply cherishing the great glory and trust bestowed by Comrade Kim Jong Un.