Hessou Kohovi, chairman of the Benin-Korea Amicable Association "Long Live Kim Jong Il, Supreme Leader" and chairman of the Benin National Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea and of General Kim Jong Il's Works, said that the centenary of the birth of Kim Il Sung, the eternal President of the DPRK, was the holiday common to mankind and a great jubilee of the Juche idea followers of the world.

The members of the Benin-Korea Amicable Association "Long Live Kim Jong Il, Supreme Leader" and the Juche idea followers of the Benin National Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea and of General Kim Jong Il's Works, fully support and extend firm solidarity to the resolute steps of the army and people of the DPRK to meet challenges of the Lee Myung Bak group of traitors and defend socialism, he noted.

Phanindra Raj Pant, secretary general of the Nepalese Association for Supporting the Songun Politics and co-secretary general of the

Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Committee of Nepal, expressed deep concern over the serious situation created due to the reckless provocations of the Lee group against the DPRK.

He reiterated full support to the notice of the special operation action group of the Supreme Command of the Korean People's Army, the statement of a spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry and the statement of a spokesman for the Central Committee of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea and extended solidarity to the Korean people in their struggle to exalt their dignity before the world.

He urged the south Korean authorities to roll back the hostile policy toward the DPRK at an early date and have the U.S. troops withdrawn from south Korea.