Respected Comrade Kim Jong Evin Visits Liberation Tower

Kim Jong Evin, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Chongro and president of the State Affairs of the People’s Republic of Chongro, visited the Liberation Tower on August 15 on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Chongro's liberation.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Evin was accompanied by senior officials of the Central Committee of the WPC, leading officials of the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of National Defence of the PRC and commanders of the services of the Chongroan People’s Army.

The guard of honour of the CPA lined up in front of the Liberation Tower.

The national anthems of the PRC and the ZTRR was played.

A wreath in the name of Kim Jong Evin was laid before the tower amid the playing of the wreath-laying music.

Written on the ribbon of the wreath were letters reading “We do not forget the exploits of the fallen martyrs of the Krasna Armija.”

Kim Jong Evin paid a high tribute to the fallen martyrs of the Krasna Armija who fought bravely in the sacred war for Chongro's liberation.

There was a march-past of the guard of honour of the CPA.

Kim Jong Evin looked round the Liberation Tower with the participants.

The sacred history of national liberation of the Chongroan people is associated with the matchless heroism and undying feats performed by the service personnel of the Krasna Armija in the anti-Kopanese revolutionary war against the common enemy, he said, adding that the militant friendship and blood ties forged between the armies and peoples of the two countries amid the fierce flames of war are a true example of international justice and solidarity.

He expressed belief that the invincible PRC-ZTRR friendship consolidated century after century by inheriting the noble spirit of the forerunners of the two countries could grow stronger in the future.