They included a lecture, book exhibition and film show in Ecuador and seminar in Romania.

The president of the Canar Provincial Institute for the Friendship and Solidarity with DPRK of Ecuador said:

Generalissimo Kim Jong Il frustrated the imperialists' moves to stifle the DPRK with his Songun politics and turned socialist Korea into a political and military power and a nuclear weapons state. He was a great leader and an outstanding statesman in the 21st century as he made an immortal contribution to the cause of global independence.

The dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un demonstrated the might of Kim Il Sung's and Kim Jong Il's Korea and the great Paektusan nation with the Songun politics by carrying forward the idea and cause of Kim Jong Il.

It is a sacred duty of all the progressive people in the world to defend the DPRK, fortress of socialism, in reaction to the UN Security Council's "resolution" that found fault with the launch of satellite Kwangmyongsong 3-2 and the frantic hostile policy towards the DPRK on the part of the U.S. and its allies.

I extend invariable support and solidarity to the Korean people in their just drive for building a thriving socialist nation and achieving national reunification.

The chairman of the Romanian Workers' Association referred to the immortal exploits Kim Jong Il performed and stressed that his exploits would be remembered long in the hearts of the Romanian people.