There were speeches at the seminars attended by personages of political parties and organizations and citizens in those countries.

The first secretary of the C.C., Communist Workers' Party of Russia said it is one of the greatest exploits of the great Comrade Kim Jong Il that he defended the sovereignty of the DPRK and the destiny of the Korean people with Songun politics and made a great contribution to the cause for peace in the Korean peninsula and the rest of the world.

The chairman of the Supreme Council of the National Socialist Party of Romania and a vice-chairperson of the Socialist Freedom Party of Egypt praised Kim Jong Il as an outstanding politician, extraordinary thinker and theoretician and excellent military strategist, noting that he made a great contribution to the development of the Workers’ Party of Korea and the cause of building a powerful socialist nation.

The chief and members of the Vienna Group for the Study of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism in Austria said that Generalissimo Kim Jong Il is a peerless statesman as he unfolded a new chapter of building a powerful socialist state and put the dignity and might of the DPRK on the highest level.

The director-general of the International Institute of the Juche Idea said that Kim Jong Il comprehensively systemized the Juche Idea to enrich the treasure house of the human thought and defended and victoriously advanced the socialist cause with his unique Songun politics.

The first vice-chairperson of the Czech Group for the Study and Materialization of the Juche Idea stressed that the exploits of Comrade Kim Jong Il for the times, history and mankind are conveyed one decade after another, although ten-odd years passed since his demise, and they will be immortal forever.