Pyongyang, June 20 (KCNA) -- Abdul Wahab Rashwani, member of the
Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of
Syria (Bagdash), on June 14 made public a statement on the occasion
of the 41st anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il's start of his work
at the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and the 5th
anniversary of the publication of the June 15 North-South Joint
Declaration. Kim Jong Il is a great leader and a great
revolutionary who enjoys unquestioned trust of the world socialists
and revolutionaries as well as the Korean people for the immortal
feats he has performed for the Korean and world revolution, he said
and went on: Even though there are a great idea and an internal
revolutionary force, the revolutionary struggle cannot evade turns
and twists and failure if it is not led by the leader of the
working class. It is attributable to the wise leadership of Kim
Jong Il that the Korean revolutionary is making a long drive.
The June 15 joint declaration, a milestone on the way to Korea's
reunification, is also a fruition of the great patriotic idea and
leadership of Kim Jong Il.
The Communist Party and the people of Syria are convinced that
Korea's reunification will surely be achieved according to the idea
of "By our nation itself" specified in the joint declaration and
stand foursquare behind it.