The events were attended by public personages and citizens in those countries.

The first vice-chairperson of the Cuban Committee for Supporting Korea's Reunification said Kim Il Sung was a genuine people's leader who dedicated himself to the people, regarding it as his maxim to believe in them as in heaven all his life.

The vice-president of the International Taekwon-Do Association in Iran said Kim Il Sung founded the Juche idea, built the socialist system in the DPRK on the basis of it and provided a strong foundation for the DPRK to emerge as a powerful country as it is today.

The chairman of the Guinean National Committee for the Study of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism said that Kim Il Sung actively supported the just cause of the oppressed people in the world, and praised noble internationalist obligation shown by him who materially and morally aided the agricultural development of Guinea.

The chairman of the Guinea-Korea Friendship and Solidarity Association prayed for the immortality of Kim Il Sung, saying that July 8 is the day when the world progressive peoples, together with the Korean people, recollect with deep emotion his career and exploits.