The participants paid silent tribute to the memory of him.

The mayor of Deleg City in a speech said that Kim Jong Il built the DPRK into an independent and dignified state and a country in which all people live a happy life with equal rights.

We will, as ever, render full support and solidarity to the Korean people in their efforts for their just cause and make every possible effort to boost the friendly relations with the DPRK, the mayor said.

The president of the Canar Provincial Institute for Friendship and Solidarity with the DPRK of Ecuador said that late in the last century when the imperialist allied forces were getting all the more vicious in their moves to stifle the DPRK, Kim Jong Il reliably defended socialism on the strength of his original Songun politics.

The chairman of the Ecuador-Guaranda Institute for Friendship and Cultural Solidarity with the Korean People said that Kim Jong Il's life was characterized by his great idea and undying feats, adding that the feats will be glorified for all ages.