Present at the meetings were figures of all strata and other masses in those countries.

Participants observed silent tribute to Kim Jong Il.

The director of the Higher Education Department of the Regional Leadership of the Syria's Baath Arab Socialist Party praised Kim Jong Il as the great leader who performed great exploits guaranteeing a rosy future of socialist Korea.

The general secretary of the New Yugoslav Communist Party of Serbia lauded Kim Jong Il as the outstanding thinker and theoretician, a great statesman, peerless Songun brilliant commander, tender-hearted father of the people and teacher of world progressives.

The acting chief of the Kim Il Sung Library in Sofia, Bulgaria praised the sacred revolutionary career of Kim Jong Il who was born as the son of guerrillas in Mt. Paektu, holy mountain of revolution.

The coordinator of a regional committee of the South African Communist Party stressed that Kim Jong Il was the great leader who devoted his whole life to the development of the Workers' Party of Korea, Korean people's happiness and triumph of the cause of global independence and they would always remember his exploits.

Messages to Marshal Kim Jong Un were adopted at the meetings held in Serbia, Bulgaria and South Africa.