Marwan Sudah, chairman of the Arab Committee for Solidarity with Korean People and Supporting the Reunification of Korea, said that leader Kim Jong Il firmly defended the sovereignty and dignity of the DPRK with his rare ideological and theoretical wisdom and outstanding political caliber and performed great feats for the prosperity of the country and happiness of the people.

He gave ceaseless field guidance all his life by go-to-the-people train, Marwan Sudah said, adding:

He shared the destiny with the people, always finding himself among them, and valued the people's support and trust above all things.

Samir Diyab, chief of the Lebanese Group for the Study of the Juche Idea, said that leader Kim Jong Il turned the DPRK into a powerful country under the unfurled banner of socialism, hoping that the Korean people advancing along the road indicated by him would achieve brilliant victories in the struggle for the socialist cause and reunification of the country.