Attending them were personages of different social standings and masses of those countries.

The chairman of the Kuwaiti Preparatory Committee for Celebrating the Day of the Shining Star noted that leader Kim Jong Il defended the world peace and justice and glorified the era of independence, frustrating the high-handed and arbitrary practices of the imperialists with his unique Songun politics.

The powerful DPRK today is inseparable from his leadership, the chairman said, adding that he turned the DPRK into a great country with his matchless pluck.

The chairman of the Bangladeshi Preparatory Committee for Celebrating the Day of the Sun and the Day of the Shining Star and other speakers said that the Korean people have absolutely trusted the leader, possessed of warm love for the people and belief in them, as children follow their mother. And they praised him for having cemented the single-mined unity of the whole society that no statesmen of any other country could achieve.

The chairman and members of the Anti-Imperialist Forum of Germany said with high appreciation that Kim Jong Il devoted all his life to the country and the people.