Andre Lohekele Kalonda, chairman of the National Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea of DR Congo, said that last year was a year of great significance for the DPRK as the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea was held.

He went on:

The New Year Address instills fresh confidence in victory into the Korean people.

The followers of the Juche idea in DR Congo and other progressives of the world are convinced that the Korean people will register greater successes in the building of a powerful socialist country in 2017, too.

We positively support the Korean people's struggle to turn a heyday in the revolution into a great golden age.

Flavio Pettinari, chief of the Group for the Study of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism in Fermo of Italy, said that Kim Jong Un in his New Year Address reviewed the achievements made by the Korean people last year. He was convinced that the Workers' Party of Korea and the Korean people will successfully carry out the tasks set forth by leader Kim Jong Un.

Igor Jurisik, chairman of the Slovenia－Korea Friendship Association, said that Kim Jong Un in his New Year Address opened up a bright prospect for Korea's reunification.

He held that the peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula should be achieved by the Koreans through their concerted efforts without fail and the U.S. should roll back its anachronistic hostile policy towards the DPPK.