They were captains and seamen of the Sierra Leonean-flagged ship New Hun Chun and the Tuvaluan-flagged ship Hua JI-6.

They laid a basket of flowers before the portraits of President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.

Speakers at the meeting said that the birthday of Kim Jong Il has become a great auspicious event of the world progressives desirous of independence and peace.

They noted that under his guidance the Korean people have reliably defended the sovereignty of the country and the dignity of the nation.

They praised his Songun politics as the most just mode of politics conducive to global peace and security.

A letter to the leader was adopted at the meeting.