They included meetings in Bulgaria, South Africa and Mexico and lectures in the Czech Republic, Russia and Mongolia.

The chief of the Bulgarian Group for the Study of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism said in a speech that the President was a benevolent father of people and a great leader of the international labor movement who devoted his all to freedom and happiness of the people and the cause of global independence.

The general secretary of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party said the DPRK could invariably defend socialism under any hard circumstances and won the honor as a powerful socialist country which no country dares provoke thanks to the wise leadership of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.

The chairman of the Karelia-DPRK Friendship Association of Russia lauded the President as the sun of all people famous for his outstanding idea, extraordinary leadership and great charisma that glorified a century.

The section chief of the Mongolian Institute for Strategic Studies said in a lecture that the President had held fast to the independent line since his early days of revolutionary activities and they were struck with admiration at the Korean people, who value independence as the their life and soul, standing firm in the confrontation with the U.S.