Pyongyang, May 18 (KCNA) — The respected Comrade 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, convened a meeting of the commanding officers of the divisions and brigades of the entire army on May 17 and met them.

Present there were Ri Yong Gil, chief of the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army, and Pak Jong Chon, advisor to the Ministry of National Defence of the DPRK.

The commanding officers were filled with great excitement as they were to meet the Supreme Commander at the sacred headquarters building of the Party Central Committee which the KPA service personnel have always cherished in their minds at every post in the sky, ground and sea of the country.

When Comrade Kim Jong Un appeared, the commanding officers broke into stormy cheers of “Hurrah!”, looking up to the outstanding leader of the revolution who is dynamically guiding the inexhaustible development of our army to glory and victory with his distinguished commanding philosophy and art.

Highly appreciating the extraordinary services of the commanding officers who are leading the combined units while devoting their sincere efforts to the country and the people, he warmly encouraged them.

He met the commanding officers of the combined units at all levels of the entire army and had a talk with them on a series of important military issues.

Stressing that the tasks of the commanders of the combined units are very important, he said that the historic assignment to develop our army into the strongest one in the world is entrusted to the commanders of the divisions and brigades. And he referred to the main orientation arising in carrying out the military and political tasks at present.

Reiterating that the training for perfecting the combat preparedness is the main task of the army, he advanced a policy for readjusting the training system and intensifying the practical training in keeping with the changing aspects of modern warfare and the trend of the development of our army.

Noting that a structural measure for updating our army in a military organizational and military technical way is to be taken in the future, he stressed that the responsibility and role of the commanding officers are very important in correctly implementing it.

He said that planned projects, too, should be stepped up to newly define the concept of operations in all spheres in keeping with the rapid modernization of the military and technical equipment of our army and apply it to the combat training of the units.

Mentioning the Party’s policy of territorial defence on strengthening the first-line units in the southern border and turning the border line into an impregnable fortress, he expressed a plan for remodeling the military organizational structure and strengthening the first-line units and other major units in military and technical aspects as an important decision to more thoroughly deter war.

Briefing on a prospect of modernization of the KPA and progress made in developing the military and technical equipment, Comrade Kim Jong Un said that we are building a powerful army and affirmed that as already clarified, if the tasks for the period of the Five-Year Plan are carried out, preparedness of the KPA’s strategic action will be renewed beyond comparison with the present and a great change will be made in an aspect of deterring war.

He stressed that the commanding officers of the entire army and all levels should continue to raise their class consciousness, outlook on the arch enemy, and remain faithful to their sacred duty of defending the sovereignty while always keeping highly alert.

Saying that the KPA should defend the country with its ideology and faith than physical strength and that the ideology and faith are the unique secret of the combat capability of our army which can exceed the limit of physical strength, he added that the KPA should continue to carry forward its tradition of overwhelming the enemy with ideology and faith by steadily waging the ideological revolution with firm belief in its cause and that only then can the KPA reliably maintain its honor and position as the strongest army in the world.

Our Party and people’s expectation in the KPA commanding officers is very high, he said, expressing belief that the KPA commanding officers would remain faithful to their sacred duty, bearing deep in mind the heavy responsibility for their mission, no matter who may know it or not.

That day, Comrade Kim Jong Un had a photo session with the commanders of the combined units of the entire army in the yard of the Party Central Committee.

The commanders of the KPA combined units at all levels, who were honored to meet the great brilliant commander and receive the great trust from him, vowed to cherish the important teachings of the Supreme Commander as the coordinates of struggle and boundlessly remain faithful to the important mission and duty they assumed before the Party and the revolution and thus fully demonstrate the honor of the KPA commanding officer in the most glorious and strongest era led by him.