Maung Maung Naying, director general of the Myit Tar Moe Publishing House of Myanmar, in his statement said:

HE Kim Jong Il devoted his all to prosperity of the country, happiness of its people and the cause of Korea's reunification during the whole period of leading the Korean revolution.

His greatest exploit is that he smashed anti-socialist moves of the imperialist allied forces and firmly protected sovereignty and dignity of the country and the nation.

He is the peerless patriot as he ardently loved the country and devoted himself to the country and its people.

Miriam Pelegrini Peri, president of the Group of Dialectical Materialists of Italy who is chairperson of the Italian Committee for the Study of Songun Idea for Independence and Sovereignty, stressed that the great statesman Kim Jong Il is always alive in the hearts of all people and his exploits for the Korean people and the world's progressives will be immortal.