Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- Miroslav Stepan, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, together with its Secretariat members paid a condolatory visit to the DPRK embassy in Prague to mourn the demise of leader Kim Jong Il on Dec. 22.

He said that the demise of Kim Jong Il who was deeply respected is a big loss to the Czechoslovak Communist Party and all its members.

He expressed deep condolences to the Korean people on the loss of the father of the Korean nation.

He expressed firm belief that the Workers' Party of Korea and the Korean people would accomplish the revolutionary cause of Kim Jong Il under the leadership of Kim Jong Un, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the WPK.

He asked the embassy to lay a wreath in the name of the Central Committee of the CCP before the bier of Kim Jong Il.