Speeches were made at the events attended by personages of various strata and people in those countries.

The chairperson of the Russian Association for Friendship and Cultural Cooperation with the DPRK said that Kim Il Sung is a great son of the Korean people and he devoted his whole life to the people, and went on:

He is the founder of the Workers' Party of Korea, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Korean People's Army and the closest friend of the Russian people as he ushered in the era of the Russia-DPRK friendship.

The chairperson expressed full support for the struggle of the Korean people for defence of the sovereignty of the country and peace.

The chairman of the General People's Union Party of Russia stressed that Kim Il Sung was the most outstanding great man of the 20th century recognized by the world and a peerless hero who defeated the two imperialisms in one generation.

The chairman of the Organization for the Study of the Juche Idea of Thailand noted that Kim Il Sung, who founded the immortal Juche idea and turned the DPRK into a socialist country of Juche under the uplifted banner of independence, is the eternal Sun of not only the Korean people but also the progressive mankind.

The chairman of the Ethiopian Committee for the Study of the Independent Politics said that Kim Il Sung, the great master of the independent politics and the great man of the century, is a benefactor who rendered material and moral assistance to the people of the African countries in their struggle for national liberation and the building of a new society.