Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- Upon the authorization of Guinean President Alpha Conde, a Guinean government delegation led by Prime Minister Mohamed Said Fofana Wednesday visited the DPRK embassy in Conakry to express condolences on the demise of leader Kim Jong Il.

The delegation laid a wreath in the name of the president before the portrait of Kim Jong Il and observed a moment's silence.

The prime minister made an entry in the mourners' book on behalf of the president:

The fraternal Korean people lost the great leader HE Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and prominent statesman.

HE Kim Jong Il was the successor to the cause of HE Kim Il Sung, the father of socialist Korea.

At this moment of bitter grief, the president, government and people of Guinea express the most profound sorrow to the government and people of the DPRK and send them heartfelt condolences.

The prime minister hoped that the Korean people would achieve many successes in building a thriving nation under the leadership of HE General Kim Jong Un.