They are the presidents of Nepal, Lebanon, Bangladesh, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Yemen, Namibia, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt and Ethiopia, captains regent of San Marino, presidents and wives of Guinea, Rwanda and the Commonwealth of Dominica, general chairman of the Central Directive Council of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), general secretary of the Central Committee of the All－India Forward Bloc, chairman of the Hungarian Workers' Party, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Portugal and secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Malta.

He also received New Year cards from the prime minister of India, chairman of the Amur Region Legislative Assembly of Russia, co-chairman of the Council of the Kim Il Sung-Kim Jong Il Foundation, chairman of the South Center Committee, director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization, director-general of the UNESCO, etc.