V. V. Grishkov, first secretary of the Maritime Territorial Regional Committee, and other speakers lauded Kim Jong Il as a distinguished leader who defended socialism of the DPRK and demonstrated the dignity of the country in the most difficult period.

Torsten Schoevitz, chairman of the Communist Party of Germany, said Kim Jong Il performed undying feats for the prosperity of socialist Korea and that the Korean people firmly protected socialism in the tempest of history under his guidance.

The general director of the Malaysian company noted that the long-running confrontation between the DPRK and the U.S. was a war without a gun report unprecedented in history, adding that the former has won only victories in the standoff with the latter under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il.

Not only Korean people but also progressive mankind will always remember the personality of Kim Jong Il as a great man and his undying exploits, the general director stressed.