The Finnish league in a statement on Jan. 5 expressed full support for the will of the DPRK to realize the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula laid down in the joint editorial and sent firm solidarity to the Korean people in their anti-imperialist and independent stand.

The Ecuadorian institute in a statement on Jan. 4 expressed belief that the Korean people would attain their targets as instructed by General Secretary Kim Jong Il to bring earlier a bright future of a thriving nation by bringing about uninterrupted innovations and advances, confident of victory.

The France-Korea Friendship Association said in a statement on Jan. 6 that it would wage more dynamic solidarity activities to support the Korean people's just cause of building a great prosperous and powerful nation and achieving national reunification.