The people of the DPRK are significantly celebrating the founding anniversary of the Juche-based revolutionary armed forces which are displaying the noble fame of the genuine people's army and the heroic army, while more vividly carving the sacred ideals of army founding and ever-victorious truth in the era and history under the leadership of the great Workers' Party of Korea.

With the greatest pride and honour of having the most powerful and excellent army which, as befits the sacred letters shining in the glorious military colours, has won only victories in the outposts of defending the sovereignty and interests of their dignified DPRK and performed immortal feats on the blueprint for the country's prosperity with the strong mettle and devoted efforts peculiar to the revolutionary army, the Korean people extend warm congratulations and encouragement to the dependable soldiers defending the sky, land and seas.

People's delegations composed of senior Party and government officials, officials of ministries, national agencies and local Party and power organs and others visited units of the People's Army on the occasion of the Day of Army Founding.

Service personnel gladly greeted the members of the delegations who brought the warm sincerity of all the people for the sons and daughters in the posts who are spending the days of honourable service on the defence line of the country and major sites of socialist construction.

The members of the people's delegations warmly congratulated the service personnel on the founding anniversary of the KPA.

They informed the soldiers, who are reliably defending the inviolable territory, territorial waters and airspace of the DPRK as befitting the armed forces of the Workers' Party of Korea and the vanguard of the class, of the news of their hometowns changing day by day. They also told about the labour feats of the people in the rear who are dynamically waging the patriotic movements and the drive for increased production for implementing the decisions of the plenary meeting of the Party Central Committee.

Seeing the reliable and stout servicepersons who are intensifying the combat and political training to glorify this year marking the 80th founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea and the 80th anniversary of national liberation as a year of bringing about a decisive turn in bolstering up the military capabilities and rounding off the combat preparations, they cherished once again that the safety of the country and the happiness of the people are firmly defended thanks to the powerful revolutionary army remaining absolutely loyal to and obeying the Party's orders and instructions.

Feeling the warm sincerity of the members of the people's delegations, the service personnel of the People's Army renewed their will to perform proud feats in the sacred struggle for the eternal prosperity of the state and the wellbeing of the people, always remembering the expectation and requests of the country and the people.

KCNA