Displayed in the venue of the photo exhibition were photos on the exploits of Kim Jong Il.

Speeches were made at the functions.

The chairman of the Romanian Workers' Association praised Kim Jong Suk for having performed great exploits for national liberation and the building of a new country and provided a sure guarantee for carrying forward the revolutionary cause of Juche generation after generation.

Recalling that Kim Jong Il has bolstered up the Korean revolutionary armed forces as an invincible army with his unique Songun politics, putting the national power on the highest level, and gave field guidance to the Chollima Steel Complex in December last year, lighting a torch for a new great revolutionary surge, he expressed belief that the Korean people would fling open the gate to a great prosperous and powerful nation in 2012, the centenary of birth of President Kim Il Sung, the father of socialist Korea.

The manager of the Iran-Korea Friendship Magsal Agro-Stock Farm noted that the undying exploits performed by Kim Il Sung for the development of the friendly relations between the two countries and independence against imperialism and the U.S. would be always remembered by the Iranian people.

The strength of the DPRK has grown remarkably stronger under the Songun leadership of
Kim Jong Il, he said, adding that the Korean film "Fireworks for a Thriving Nation" shows the firm will and resolution of the Korean people to build a thriving nation without fail.

A message of greetings to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the function in Germany.