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Important Days of DPRK Observed Abroad
Pyongyang, April 17 (KCNA) -- Meetings and film shows took place in Romania, Bulgaria and Democratic Congo on April 6 and 7 on the occasions of the birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung, the 18th anniversary of General Secretary Kim Jong Il's election as chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and the 79th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army.

Korean films shown included "Arms of Korea" and "Korean People's Army, Steel-Strong Ranks".

Vasile Orleanu, chairman of the Supreme Council of the Socialist Party of Romania, noted that Kim Il Sung is highly praised by all the people as an outstanding political activist and great leader for his undying feats.

Lyudmil Kostadinov, chief of the Bulgarian Group for the Study of the Juche Idea, referred to the glorious revolutionary history of the President, saying that it is a bounden duty and honor of the followers of the Juche idea to significantly commemorate the Day of the Sun, his birth anniversary.

The DPRK is shedding its rays as a socialist state in the East, the strongest in ideology, he noted, adding that it is the brilliant fruition of the unique Songun politics pursued by Kim Jong Il and the present reality more strikingly proves its validity.

The national executive secretary of the People's Party for the Reconstruction and the Democracy of Democratic Congo highly appreciated the immortal feats Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il performed in the efforts to accomplish the human cause of independence.

A message to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the event in Democratic Congo.

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