Abdul Wahab Rashwani, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Syria (Bagdash), in a statement on July 5 said the modern history of Korea would be unthinkable without President Kim Il Sung, adding that he was a benefactor of liberation as he freed the Korean people from the Japanese imperialists' colonial rule.

The secretary for international relations of the Communist Party of the People of Spain in a statement on July 7 noted the Juche idea founded by the President serves as a treasured sword for carving out the destiny of the people as it helped the working masses emerge a master of the world.

The secretary for international relations of the National Executive Committee of Socialist Party-Ample Front of Ecuador in a statement on July 5 praised Kim Il Sung for his immortal exploits performed in the human cause of independence.

John Jamit, chairman, and Jean-Pierre, secretary general of the Malta-Korea Friendship Association, in their joint statement on July 8 lauded Kim Il Sung as a benevolent father of the people who built a peculiar socialist system centered on the popular masses in Korea.

The chairman of the Finland-Mangyongdae Committee for Commemorating the Centenary of Birth of President Kim Il Sung said in a statement on July 6 noted that the victory in the socialist revolution was one of the great exploits performed by him.