The reporters and speakers including the chairman of the Lahore Group for the Study of the Juche Idea of Pakistan lauded Kim Jong Il as an outstanding statesman who achieved the immortal exploits in the history of the nation by leading the Korean revolution to victory.

The chief of the Belarusian branch of the Russian Group for Solidarity with the DPRK stressed that Kim Jong Il lighted the way of the progressive mankind toward independence and peace by developing in depth the Juche idea.

The editor-in-chief of the Belarusian magazine Social Education stated that Kim Jong Il, who is a distinguished revolutionary, thinker and theoretician and man of action, firmly defended Korean socialism with a treasured sword of Songun.

The secretary general of the Romania-Korea Friendship Association praised Kim Jong Il's ideological and theoretical feats and Songun leadership exploits, adding that the DPRK has vigorously advanced along the road of socialism under the uplifted banner of independence against imperialism.

The general secretary of the Society for the Promotion of the Relations between Austria and DPRK said that Kim Jong Il, the eternal head of the Workers' Party of Korea, is a peerless patriot who dedicated his all to prosperity of the country and happiness of the people.