Analysing the trend of the prevailing present situation, he said the US's real intention is to seek its own political and diplomatic interests while wasting time in dialogue and negotiations and at the same time maintaining sanctions so as to weaken the DPRK. He stressed that we further hardened our resolution never to barter the security and dignity of the state and the safety of its future for anything else.

He said that the stalemate between the DPRK and the US cannot but assume a protracted nature as the US is raising demands contrary to the fundamental interests of our state and is adopting brigandish attitudes. He added that recently the US is talking about continued dialogue while peddling the issue of the resumption of the dialogue here and there, but this is just aimed at passing without trouble the year-end time limit set by us and stalling for time by evading a lethal attack, as it now finds itself in a tight corner, not out of the intention to withdraw the hostile policy toward the DPRK and solve issues through improved relations. On the other hand, the US has openly revealed its provocative political, military and economic maneuvers to completely strangle and stifle the DPRK. This is the double-dealing behavior of the brigandish US, he added.

He said that we will never allow the impudent US to abuse the DPRK-US dialogue for meeting its sordid aim but will shift to a shocking actual action to make it pay for the pains sustained by our people so far and for the development so far restrained.

He continued:

It is true that we urgently need external environment favorable for the economic construction, but we can never sell our dignity, which we have so far defended as valuable as our own life, in hope for brilliant transformation.

The DPRK-US stand-off, which has lasted century after century, has now been compressed to clear stand-off between self-reliance and sanctions.

If there were not the nuclear issue, the US would find fault with us under other issues, and the US military and political threats would not end.

The present situation, warning of long confrontations with the US, urgently requires us to make it a fait accompli that we have to live under the sanctions by the hostile forces in the future, too, and to strengthen the internal power from all aspects.

He said there are not a few problems that need to be set right in state management, the economy and other fields from the viewpoint of strengthening our might.

He analyzed the present situation including state management and economic performance, which are insufficient for pulling and spurring the great cause of self-reliance and self-development and which fail to bring about a bold renovation but stay stagnant.

The victory of the revolution is inevitable, but it is not achieved without any difficulties and hardships, he said.

He continued, "If we do not put spur the struggle for bolstering the power for self-development while waiting for the lifting of sanctions, the enemies' reactionary offensive will get fiercer to check our advance.

"The more we bolster our own strength and create valuable wealth on the strength of self-reliance and self-sufficiency, the deeper the enemies will be driven into greater agony and the earlier the day of the victory of socialism will come.

"All the Party organizations and officials have to shoulder upon themselves the important duties entrusted to them by the times and turn out in the offensive for frontal breakthrough to foil the enemies' sanctions and blockade by dint of self-reliance.