Present at the events were personages of various strata and masses of the relevant countries.

The chairman of the Algeria-Korea Friendship Association said President Kim Il Sung was an outstanding man who illuminated the way ahead of mankind and performed noble exploits to be recorded in history and that the world progressives highly praise him while looking back upon his life with emotion on the occasion of the Day of the Sun, a holiday common to mankind.

The acting minister of Culture of the Samara Region Administration of Russia said that all the people in the world pay high tribute to the President, lauding him as a great statesman and leader boundlessly revered by the whole of mankind including Russians.

Another Russian personage said that the Russia-DPRK friendship has a long history and both countries have promoted active exchange and cooperation in various fields such as politics, economy and culture, wishing the Korean people bigger successes in socialist construction under the wise guidance of HE Kim Jong Un.

Meanwhile, an internet photo show was held in Nepal to celebrate the Day of the Sun.