Pyongyang, October 9 (KCNA) -- Personages of Nepal and Thailand issued statements on the 66th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea.

Former Foreign Minister of Nepal K. P. Sharma, chief of the International Department of the C.C., Nepal Communist Party (United Marxist-Leninist), said in a statement on October 4 that the progressive mankind highly estimate the Songun revolutionary leadership of the WPK and believe that the WPK would build a thriving nation without fail.

We extend firm support and solidarity to the friendly Korean people in the efforts for the victory of the revolutionary cause of Juche, pioneered by President Kim Il Sung and being creditably carried forward by leader Kim Jong Il, he said.

Songchit Pullarp, chairman of the Organization for the Study of the Juche Idea of Thailand, in a statement on October 3 said that the WPK has become the ever-victorious and iron-willed party and the standard bearer of the world socialist movement under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il.

The world revolutionary parties and progressive peoples aspiring after socialism are accelerating the building of a new society, greatly encouraged by the invincible might and triumphant advance of the WPK, he stressed.