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Generals, officers, commissioned officers and soldiers of the heroic Korean People's Army, Officers and soldiers of the parade units, Labour innovators and meritorious persons from across the country, Pyongyang citizens and overseas compatriots, Esteemed guests of honour who are spending this significant night with us, The parade of the armed forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the culmination of the celebrations of the 80th founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea, is about to begin. First of all, I warmly welcome the guests from all walks of life and our dear friends from different countries invited to this grand event. I extend my heartfelt thanks and congratulations to all the people across the country who have devoted their precious sweat of creation and labour and their sincerity to this October day of glory. I also express my deep gratitude to the parties and governments of different countries and international democratic organizations for their sincere congratulations to our Party, government and people on the occasion of the significant holiday. The elite representatives of the armed forces of the Republic, which our Party has built up for as long as 80 years, have now gathered here. The steel-strong columns of our armed forces will now display the might developed by the WPK for the good of the people whom it embraced as its destiny and for socialism, the unanimous aspiration and choice of our people. Today we will confirm once again the eternity of our sovereignty and our cause which can only be defended and guaranteed by strength and by victory. I believe it is a source of exceptional honour and pride for a party leading the revolution with just ideals to celebrate its whole history and demonstrate its bright future through the parade of such brave armed forces. All the officers and soldiers of the parade units, I warmly congratulate you on having the greatest privilege of leaving historic steps on the track of glory as you keep the greatest pride of the WPK and the greatest honour of the DPRK. As I witness the dignity of the soldiers in parade and the warm respect emanating from their eyes on this grand occasion which our army has arranged in celebration of the founding anniversary of the Party, I am wrapped in a solemn feeling at the thought of the officers and soldiers of our army who have always taken the lead in the journey made by the WPK with absolute loyalty and matchless bravery. Our Party has led the Korean revolution for the last 80 years and reached the present day of glory. As we review its history, we feel infinite dignity and pride in having the loyal armed forces that can share the destiny with the Party. Our army is the priceless creation and brilliant embodiment of our Party's ardent desire and firm will to safeguard and exalt the truthfulness of its ideals and the dignity of its people generation after generation. Our Party regarded it as its sacred duty to take entire responsibility for the destiny and future of the country and the people; proceeding from this, we founded an army before the state, identified the character and mission of the army in reflection of the original ideals and spirit set forth when the Party was founded, and built regular revolutionary armed forces with the pioneer generation of the cause of party building as their backbone. This led to the beginning of the long history of army building, which has advanced along with the leadership history of our Party, and also the beginning of the glorious history of struggle of our cause, which has been firmly supported by strong arms. As the history records, each stage of victory guided by our Party is adorned with sacred exploits of loyalty and patriotism of our army which left traces of self-sacrifice and feats before others.