Pyongyang, June 4 (KCNA) -- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, gave field guidance at the newly-inaugurated nuclear materials production factory on June 3.

He was accompanied by leading officials of the munitions industry department of the WPK Central Committee and the Nuclear Weapons Institute of the DPRK.

Going round new production lines based on more sophisticated technology, Comrade Kim Jong Un learned about the factory's operation indices and its long-term production plan.

He highly appreciated the fact that the nuclear materials production sector is correctly implementing the decisions adopted at recent plenary meetings of the WPK Central Committee.

He praised the group of nuclear experts for having provided a firm guarantee to improve the efficiency of all system elements in the production line and further strengthen the foundation for the production of weapons-grade nuclear materials by settling the problems decisive in putting the production of nuclear materials on a Juche basis.

Saying that the weapons-grade nuclear materials production capacity more than doubled during the past 5-year course of bolstering up the nuclear force under the direct guidance of the Eighth Central Committee of the WPK, he expressed satisfaction over the fact that the WPK's line of bolstering up nuclear forces is being thoroughly carried out thanks to the high technical capability developed by the nuclear science research group.

He recalled that the Ninth Congress of the WPK adopted a strategic decision to further expand the nuclear materials production capacity and continue to increase the nuclear arsenals in line with the prospective demand of the DPRK's nuclear force, when deciding on a new five-year plan for the strengthened nuclear force to steadily enhance the country's nuclear war deterrent.

The peculiarities of the Korean revolution inevitably accompanied by long-term confrontation with the most ferocious enemies, the existing threats getting more serious every moment, potential threats and unpredictable long-term crises further highlight the urgency and responsibility of the historic mission to bolster up both in quality and quantity and in a sustained and accelerated way the nuclear war deterrent, the basic guarantee and strong safety device for reliably ensuring the security, interests and development rights of the country, he noted.

Very clear is the stand taken by our Party and government to deal with all these complex changes in the subjective and objective environments and actively cope with them, and accordingly, it is the invariable political and military stand and responsible duty we should maintain to further expand and strengthen the state nuclear forces, the pivot in implementing the strategy to deter a war and fight a war, and thoroughly exercise the position of a nuclear weapons state, he declared.

That day, there was an important consultative meeting for bolstering up the nuclear forces.

Comrade Kim Jong Un made an important conclusion clarifying the action guidelines for rapidly accelerating the qualitative and quantitative strengthening of the DPRK's nuclear forces, saying that the conditions in which the nuclear materials production capacity has greatly expanded and the development of sophisticated nuclear technology create a mature environment for going into the new next-stage of bolstering up the nuclear forces and they offer the possibility of carrying out larger plans.

Finishing his important conclusion, Comrade Kim Jong Un said:

"Today we have updated the digits that are critical for our nuclear activities, and discussed some key matters.

In doing so, we have comprehensively considered the tactical and strategic requirements for building up our nuclear deterrent and, on the basis of this, adopted a highly responsible and crucial decision.

We have confirmed the order of priority for implementing the ambitious future plan designed to beef up our state’s nuclear forces at an exponential rate, as well as a requisite guarantee for the purpose.

This signifies an amazing, successful change that is beyond rhetorical description, a historic event that has set up an epochal milestone in rapidly upgrading our nuclear capabilities.

This nuclear potential that we have now is inconceivable apart from the worthwhile struggle we have conducted over the past five years.

Today, I would like to pay tribute, once again, to our nuclear scientists."

He stressed that the DPRK will as ever more thoroughly and more courageously take action to defend its constitution and sovereignty and reliably ensure the security of the state by exercising in a responsible manner the inviolable authority granted by the DPRK Constitution.

He expressed expectation and belief that the DPRK's group of nuclear experts would remain faithful to the fulfillment of the sacred mission for the perfect implementation of the decision adopted by the Party for the security of the country in the present and in the future.

Comrade Kim Jong Un's inspection of the new nuclear materials production factory serves as an important occasion in clearly highlighting once again the invariable will of our Party and state to bolster up the nuclear forces in order to guarantee the country's security and right to development, deter war and defend the regional and global peace and stability by highly developing the nuclear weapons, and the great potentialities and unlimited prospect. -0-