They included the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Bangladesh, the Central Executive Committee of the Bangladesh National Socialist Party, the Switzerland-Korea Committee and the Swiss Group for the Study of the Juche idea.

The Bangladeshi parties in a joint statement on Jan. 2 supported the party, army and people of the DPRK in the struggle to glorify 2012 as a year of proud victory, a year when an era of prosperity is unfolding, true to the behests of leader Kim Jong Il.

The statement called upon the parties and organizations in all countries to express full support for the Korean party, army and people in the effort to glorify a new century of Kim Il Sung's Korea as the annals of prosperity under the leadership of the dear respected Kim Jong Un.

The Swiss organizations in their joint statement on Jan. 1 said that the Korean party, army and people would get united closely behind General Kim Jong Un to glorify the year 2012 as a year of another victory.

The DPRK will more fully display its dignity as an invincible politico-ideological and military power despite any threat and challenge as it is guided by Kim Jong Un inheriting the Songun politics of Kim Jong Il, the statement stressed.

Garib Newaz, president of the Bangladesh People's League and chairman of the Bangladesh Self-Reliance Research Centre, made public a similar statement on Jan. 3.