Present there were personages of political and social circles and masses in the relevant countries.

Speeches were made there.

The chairman of the Hai Duong Provincial Committee of the Vietnam-DPRK Friendship Association said the founding of the DPRK, the first people's democratic state in the East, was a historic event in carving out the destiny of the Korean people, adding:

The Korean people won a victory in the Fatherland Liberation War and built a prosperous socialist society on debris after the war by their own efforts under the leadership of President Kim Il Sung.

In those days, the appearance of the DPRK charging at the speed of Chollima struck the world with admiration.

Today the DPRK is making a dynamic advance toward the rosy future while demonstrating its invincible power.

The Korean people have extended full support and encouragement to the Vietnamese people's anti-U.S. struggle for national salvation.

He expressed conviction that the friendship between the two countries would grow stronger in the future, too.

The general secretary of the Central Committee of the Nepal Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) who is minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation of Nepal lauded the immortal feats performed by President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il who defended the sovereignty and dignity of the DPRK by building an independent and sovereign state and leading the confrontation with imperialism and the U.S. to victory with their outstanding idea and energetic leadership.

The chief of the Belarusian Group for Solidarity with the DPRK said that the DPRK has been turned into a socialist country independent in politics, self-supporting in economy and self-reliant in defence under the leadership of the great Comrade Kim Il Sung, adding that the history of the DPRK vividly showed how a small country could become a powerful country.

A congratulatory message to the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un was adopted at the event held in Nepal.