Nigatu Dagnachew Cherinet, chairman of the Ethiopian Youth Study Group of the Juche Idea, said Kim Jong Il developed in depth the Juche idea founded by President Kim Il Sung, achieved the single-minded unity of the whole society and pursued the Songun politics, turning the DPRK into a Juche-oriented socialist power with invincible political and military might.

Though Kim Jong Il passed away, his august name and immortal feats would always be remembered not only by the Korean people but by the Juche idea followers and progressive people across the world, he added.

Asto Garcia, secretary for International Relations of the Communist Party of the People of Spain, said the party extends solidarity to the Workers' Party of Korea and Korean people waging a struggle, guided by the behests of Kim Jong Il. Kim Jong Il will always be alive in the hearts of the world progressive people, he added.