Pyongyang, December 25 (KCNA) -- Staff members of Cambodian, Iranian, Pakistani, Egyptian and Brazilian embassies here Sunday expressed condolences to the bier of leader Kim Jong Il.

Laid before the bier were wreaths in the name of the Cambodian and Iranian embassies.

The mourners paid a silent tribute in humble reverence to the bier of Kim Jong Il and went round it.

They made entries in the mourner's book.