Alejandro Cao de Benos, chairman of the Korean Friendship Association headquarted in Spain, noted in his statement on June 16 that Kim Jong Il has led the cause of global independence, the cause of socialism to advance along the road of victory without vacillation under any storms through his extraordinary and energetic ideo-theoretical activities.

The flag of the WPK associated with the immortal feats of President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il for party building will flutter forever as the banner for the invincibility of the socialist cause, the chairman said.

Otete Gaston Mboyo, deputy general secretary of the C.C., the Communist Party of Democratic Congo, said in his statement on June 11 that Kim Jong Il formulated the Songun politics as the main political mode of socialism and has applied it in all spheres of the party and state activities.

His recent visit to China is greatly conducive to boosting the DPRK-China friendship and ensuring regional stability and global peace, the statement said.