Kim Jong Il performed great exploits that guarantee the eternal foundation and rosy future of socialist Korea and bequeathed them as a legacy, the statement noted, and went on:

He glorified the Juche idea and Songun idea as eternal guidelines for the DPRK and great guidelines for the era of independence.

He also developed the Workers' Party of Korea into an ever-victorious guiding force, the DPRK into an invincible socialist state and the Korean People's Army into a matchless army.

His politics of love and trust turned whole society into a harmonious big family.

This provided a lasting foundation for carrying forward the socialist cause to the last, unshaken in any test of history.

The dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un made sure that Kim Jong Il was held in high esteem as the eternal general secretary of the WPK and chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and his exploits would always remain the most precious legacy ensuring the victory of the socialist cause in Korea and the cause of human independence.

The Socialist Party of Benin is confident that the WPK would successfully accomplish the cause of Kim Jong Il under the leadership of Marshal Kim Jong Un.