Pyongyang, December 22 (KCNA) -- The military, naval and air attache and members of the Military Attache Office of the Chinese embassy here on Thursday laid before the bier of leader Kim Jong Il a wreath in the name of the Office.

They paid a silent tribute in humblest reverence to the bier of Kim Jong Il who made immortal contributions to the development of the friendly relations between the armies of the two countries and the human cause of independence.