Pyongyang, December 26 (KCNA) -- The Central Committee of the People's Socialist Party of Mexico issued a statement on Dec. 22 on the demise of leader Kim Jong Il.

The statement said: Kim Jong Il was born as a son of guerillas and a son of the nation in the secret camp in Mt. Paektu. His life was the one of a great and noble man and peerless patriot.

Standing at the helm of the Korean revolution is respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, great successor to the revolutionary cause of Juche and the outstanding leader of the party, army and people of the DPRK.

Kim Jong Un is the spiritual mainstay and a beacon of hope for the army and the people of the DPRK.

It is the greatest fortune for the Korean people to have another peerlessly great man to whom they can entrust their destiny and future and follow. It is only the Korean nation who is blessed with the illustrious leaders generation after generation.

The statement expressed conviction that the Workers' Party of Korea and the Korean people would more dynamically advance to win new victories under the leadership of Kim Jong Un.

Meanwhile, Cuautemoc Amezcua Dromundo, chairman of the Central Committee of the Socialist Popular Party of Mexico, issued a statement on Dec. 22.

In the statement he stressed the world would clearly witness how the Korean people would rise up again and the Korean revolution would win victory after victory without any vacillation and frustration under the leadership of Kim Jong Un.