calendar>>September 19. 2013 Juche 102
65th Birthday of DPRK Observed Abroad
Pyongyang, September 19 (KCNA) -- Meetings for celebrating the 65th anniversary of the DPRK took place in Russia, Benin and Bulgaria on September 3 and 5.

Present there were personages of the Maritime Territorial Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the Maritime Territorial Regional Committee of the Russian Women's Union, the Far Eastern Association for the Study of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism of Russia, the Socialist Party of Benin, the Bulgarian Communists Union, the Bulgaria-Korea Friendship Association, the Kim Il Sung Library in Sofia and masses.

The first secretary of the Maritime Territorial Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation said that the socialist cause of Korea pioneered by President Kim Il Sung and victoriously advanced by General Secretary Kim Jong Il is being creditably carried forward by Marshal Kim Jong Un.

The first secretary noted that the DPRK fully demonstrated its dignity and might on the international arena for 65 years since its founding, adding that this was the precious fruition of the leadership of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.

The president of the Socialist Party of Benin said that since the proclamation of its founding on September 9, 1948 the DPRK has traversed the road of victory and glory for 65 years.

The president went on:

The DPRK has consistently stood for the building of a socialist state centered on the popular masses.

The DPRK established the socialist system and instituted the socialist constitution and has consistently orientated all lines and policies and activities of the state to protecting the independent rights and interests of the people.

Messages of greetings to Kim Jong Un were adopted at the meetings held in Benin and Bulgaria.

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