Miriam Pelegrini Feri, president of the Group of Dialectical Materialists of Italy, said this in a statement on Feb. 14 to celebrate the birthday of Kim Jong Il.

After unfolding the plan for building a great prosperous and powerful nation, Kim Jong Il have visited all parts of the country to indicate orientation and ways for rapidly developing the nation's economy and putting science and technology on the highest level, the statement noted.

The Korean people are now working world-startling miracles and innovations, it said, adding that this is great encouragement to the people and political parties of different countries in the struggle for socialism and progress.