Ali Houdou, president of the Socialist Party of Benin, said since Kim Jong Il's start of the Songun revolutionary leadership on Aug. 25, 1960, a new heyday of prosperity has been unfolded in the DPRK.

Under his grandiose plan and energetic leadership the DPRK emerged as a country manufacturing and launching satellites and a nuclear weapons state and greeted the new era of building a thriving socialist nation.

Saying the DPRK is now led by another outstanding Songun brilliant commander, he stressed the DPRK will steadily advance along the road of independence, Songun and socialism thanks to the dear respected Kim Jong Un. The victory of the world socialist cause is definite, he added.

Rashed Khan Menon, chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Bangladesh, said Kim Jong Il's start of the Songun revolutionary leadership was a special event which ushered in the bright future of shining victory for the Korean revolution and the cause of global independence.

Under Kim Jong Un's leadership the DPRK is now displaying its dignity and might as a political and ideological power which any big enemy can not dare attack, he said, expressing his hope that the DPRK people and army will achieve great success in the drive for building a thriving nation and reunifying the country.