They included the general secretary of the United Malays National Organization of Malaysia, chairman of the Mongolian People's Party, chairman of the National Democratic Party of Mongolia, chairman of the Central committee of the Workers' Party of Bangladesh, chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Bangladesh National Socialist Party, chairman of the Central Council of the People Unity-"Kyrgyz El" Republican Political Party of Kyrgyzstan, general chairman and the secretary general of the National Leading Council of the Diversity Party of Indonesia, general chairman and the secretary general of the National Guidance Council of the Pioneer Party of Indonesia, chairman and the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Norway, chairman of the Communist Party of Germany, chairman of the Supreme Council of the Socialist Party of Romania, chairman of the Romanian Socialist Union, chairman of the Hungarian Communist Workers' Party, general secreta

ry of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czech and Moravia, spokesman (leader) of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain(Marxist-Leninist), first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, general secretary of the Unified Communist Party of Italy, general secretary of the Movement for Peace and Socialism of Italy, chairman of the Socialist Party of Benin, general secretary of the National Progressive Unionist Party of Egypt, chairman of the Arab Socialist Party of Egypt, secretary general of the United Left Movement of Dominica, president and the international secretary of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Alternative Party of Dominica, chairman of the Central Committee of the Socialist Party of Mexico, general secretary of the Central Committee of the People's Socialist Party of Mexico, national chairman and the international

secretary of the Central Committee of the Brazilian Communist Party, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Chile (Proletarian Action), national leader of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist－Leninist), chairman, the general secretary and the international secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Peru (Red Motherland), general secretary and the international secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uruguay, chairman of the March 26 Movement of Uruguay and the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ecuador.

The messages and letters also came from high-ranking officials of political, social, military and business circles of Nepal, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Syria, Cambodia, Thailand, Pakistan, Iran, Indonesia, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Romania, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Sweden, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, France, Poland, UK, Austria, Iceland, Guinea, Nigeria, Libya, Benin, Egypt, Ethiopia, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador, and representatives of international organizations, groups for the study of the Juche idea and organizations for supporting Korea's reunification and friendship organizations

They included the minister of Defence of Syria who doubles as deputy commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, the deputy prime minister and minister of Defence of Cambodia, a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Union Solidarity and Development Party of Myanmar, vice-chairman of the Workers' Party of Turkey, deputy general secretary of the Islamic Coalition Party of Iran, secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Malta, the secretary of the Central Committee of the Slovak Communist Party, secretary for International Relations of the Communist Party of the People of Spain, a member of the Secretariat of the National Committee of the Workers' World Party of the United States of America, co-chairman of the Kim Il Sung-Kim Jong Il Foundation, chairman of the Development Bank of the Mediterranean who doubles as chairman of the Italian General Investment Group, chairman and the general secretary of the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organization, di

rector-general of the European Society for the Study of the Juche Idea and the secretary general of the African Regional Committee of Friendship and Solidarity with the Korean People.

The messages and letters stressed that immortal are the revolutionary feats Kim Jong Il performed by training the KPA into a powerful army and leading the struggle for defending socialism to one victory after another.

The ever-victorious history and tradition of the revolutionary armed forces have been carried forward and the overall national power of the country has grown stronger than ever before as the Korean people hold Kim Jong Un in high esteem as the supreme commander of the KPA, they noted, adding:

Kim Jong Suk brought a bright future of Songun Korea and devoted everything to the country and the people. Her life was a noble one dedicated to devotedly defending the leader.

They expressed belief that the army and the people of the DPRK would achieve greater success in the struggle for the accomplishment of the revolutionary cause of Juche under the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Un.