Present there were personages from political parties and organizations of different countries and international bodies and masses, a delegation of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, the charge d'affaires ad interim and staff members of the DPRK embassy in Belarus.

Speeches were made at the meeting.

The chairman of the Permanent Standing Committee of the Belarus National Association of Friends of Korean People Named after Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il noted that President Kim Il Sung embarked on the road of revolution in his early years and founded the Juche idea and comprehensively applied it to the revolution and construction.

He went on:

Under the wise leadership of Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il the Korean people had advanced under the banner of socialism despite all challenges and trials.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un invariably inherits the Juche idea whose validity and vitality have been fully displayed in the practice of the Korean revolution.

The chairman of the Japan Committee for the Independent and Peaceful Reunification of Korea stressed that Kim Il Sung devoted all his life to the socialist cause and Kim Jong Il laid a groundwork for the building of a powerful country true to the President's behests.

Under the banner of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism being enriched by Chairman Kim Jong Un, the DPRK is making eye-opening success in all aspects.

On the same day, the Organizing Committee of the International Festival in Praise of the Great Persons of Mt Paektu hosted a celebration reception.