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.