Speeches were made there.

At the meetings in Laos and Myanmar, speakers paid high tribute to Kim Jong Il who made great contributions to the history of human thought and performed immortal exploits in defending socialism and achieving the prosperity of the country.

The chairperson of the Central Council of the People Unity-"Kyrgyz El" Republican Political Party of Kyrgyzstan, a vice-chairman of the Bulgaria-Korea Friendship Association and the secretary general of the Society for the Promotion of the Relations between Austria and the DPRK highly praised Kim Jong Il as a peerlessly great man possessed of iron will, matchless pluck and far-sighted wisdom, rare thinker-theoretician, veteran politician, peerlessly elder statesman recognized by all people, excellent military strategist, outstanding leader of the world revolution and benevolent father of the people.

The chairperson of the Ostfold County Committee of the Communist Party of Norway, the chairperson of the Denmark-DPRK Friendship Association, the chairperson of the Sweden-Korea Friendship Association and the international secretary of the Finnish Communists' League lauded Kim Jong Il as a peerless patriot, great revolutionary and defender of justice and socialism who devoted his whole life to accomplishing the Korean revolution, the global cause of socialism and the cause of independence against imperialism.

The chairperson of the Nigerian National Committee for the Study of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism said that one of Kim Jong Il's exploits, which is of great significance, was that he defended Korean-style socialism from the vicious moves by the hostile forces.

The chairperson of the General Kim Jong Il Peruvian Amicable Institute spoke highly of Kim Jong Il's Songun leadership exploits.

Congratulatory messages to the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un were adopted at the meetings in Thailand, Denmark, Switzerland, Sweden and Austria.