The letter praised Kim Jong Il as a distinguished thinker and theoretician, rare political elder, peerless Songun brilliant commander and the benevolent father of the people.

It is thanks to the leadership of Kim Jong Il that the DPRK has firmly defended socialism from the vicious moves of the imperialist allied forces to stifle it and demonstrated its might as a dignified political, ideological and military power based on single-minded unity and a nuclear weapons state, the letter said.

The noble life and brilliant feats of Kim Jong Il who advanced the revolutionary cause of Juche and global independence to victory will always be remembered by mankind, it stressed.

The revolutionary life of Kim Jong Il will always remain shining thanks to Kim Jong Un who is identical to him in the idea, leadership and personality.