Constanzi Franco, member of the leadership of the Leftwing People's Party of Communists of Italy who doubles as secretary general of the Italian Committee for the Study of the Juche idea, said:

HE Kim Jong Il was the great leader who was revered by all people.

The DPRK has dynamically advanced along the way of victory under the uplifted banner of socialism, a clear proof of the validity and vitality of his idea.

The Korean people are successfully waging the drive for building a thriving socialist nation, closely united around the dear respected Kim Jong Un.

The department director of a district committee of Rome City of the Communist Party of Italy noted that while reading immortal works of Kim Jong Il he clearly realized the faith in the victory of socialism and the invincible might of the single-minded unity whereby the leader, the party and masses formed a harmonious whole.

The general manager of the M.K.P. Company of Malaysia stated that all the eye-opening successes achieved in the DPRK are the brilliant fruition of Kim Jong Il's brilliant wisdom, matchless pluck and indefatigable and energetic leadership.