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 scientists and technicians in the nuclear fields such as the DPRK Nuclear Weapons Institute and guided an important consultative meeting related to the production of nuclear materials and weapons on September 26.

Present at the meeting were Hong Sung Mu, first vice department director of the WPK Central Committee.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un listened to a report on the implementation of the plan to increase the capacity of the nuclear-material production field for 2025 and learned about the recent work and considerable production activities of the Nuclear Weapons Institute.

Saying that the nuclear-material production field and the Nuclear Weapons Institute thoroughly carried out two tasks according to new important strategy set forth by our Party, he noted that as a result, the main links in highly developing the country's nuclear capability were perfectly solved. He expressed great satisfaction over it.

After acquainting himself with the scale of the next year plan and development prospect of the nuclear-material production field and the Nuclear Weapons Institute, he said that he highly appreciates with pleasure the ever-growing nuclear technology forces of the DPRK and their increased capabilities. He added that having such strategic nuclear technological potentials is a great encouragement to our Party and a reliable guarantee for the struggle of our people, the victorious advance of our cause and the security of the future.

As he clarified at the 13th Session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly a few days ago, the powerful deterrent, namely, the logic of peace-keeping and security by force with nuclear forces as its backbone is the invariable stand of the DPRK, he said. He declared that steadily stepping up the preparations for the state's nuclear counteraction is an essential top priority task in view of the security environment of the Republic, the most right choice for the present and the future of the state and an unchangeable duty that we must carry out.

Saying that we should constantly strengthen and upgrade the nuclear shield and sword capable of reliably defending the security of the national sovereignty, interests and right to development of the state, he noted that to this end, the WPK and the DPRK government will give top priority to providing and supporting the every possibility and condition to the nuclear technology field for its sustained development.

Underlining the need for all the experts in the nuclear technology field to be well aware of the essence of our Party's line on increasing the nuclear forces and greet the Ninth Congress of the WPK with outstanding research successes and proud results in increased production, he indicated important tasks for steadily and highly developing the self-defensive nuclear capabilities of the country.