The participants in the meetings paid silent tribute to Kim Jong Il.

Speeches were made at the meetings.

Hessou Kohovi, chairman of the Beninese National Committee for Remembering General Kim Jong Il, said that Kim Jong Il passed away on a train while continuing his journey for field guidance for the people's happiness.

Pascal Zouncheme, chief of the Benin Group for the Study of Kimilsungism and Kimjongilism who is rector of Cotonou Institute of Journalism, noted that the DPRK has a rosy future as the dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un is energetically leading the work for accomplishing the cause of Generalissimo Kim Jong Il in the van of building a thriving socialist nation.

Rosanita Campos, vice-president of the Party for Free Motherland of Brazil, said that Kim Jong Il is, indeed, a great man who he performed tremendous exploits and genius of creation and construction. The Korean revolution pioneered by President Kim Il Sung and developed by General Secretary Kim Jong Il has been successfully carried forward by Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, the vice-president added.