The international secretary of the New Yugoslav Communist Party of Serbia said that Kim Il Sung is a hero of the nation and invincible and iron-willed commander who liberated the country and protected sovereignty of the DPRK after defeating the U.S. imperialists in the Fatherland Liberation War.

Kim Il Sung built the people-centered socialist country, powerful country independent in politics, self-supporting in the economy and self-reliant in defence, from scratch after the war, he added.

The chairman of the Rostov Association for the Study of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism of Russia praised the President and leader Kim Jong Il for making a great contribution to the Korean revolution and the cause of global independence, holding aloft the banner of independence and Songun.

The manager of the Milenia Armada Express Company of Indonesia said that the President, who was born into a patriotic and revolutionary family and embarked upon the road of revolution in his teens, performed immortal exploits for the Korean revolution and the cause of global independence till the last moments of his life.