calendar>>February 21. 2009 Juche 98
February Holiday Celebrated in Different Countries
Pyongyang, February 21 (KCNA) -- Seminars were held in Cambodia, Pakistan and Bangladesh from Feb. 3 to 10 on the occasion of the birthday of General Secretary Kim Jong Il.

Lu Lay Sreng, first vice-chairman of the FUNCINPEC Party of Cambodia, said that the world progressive people including Cambodia highly praise the Korean people for the great successes made in various fields under the energetic and wise leadership of Kim Jong Il.

N. D. Khan, minister of Social Welfare of the Sind State Government of Pakistan, noted that the army and people of the DPRK are making vigorous endeavors to open the gate to a great, prosperous and powerful nation in 2012, the centenary of birth of President Kim Il Sung, without fail true to the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il.

The minister of Culture and Tourism of the Sind State Government of Pakistan noted that the international community expresses admiration and envy at the shining successes made by the DPRK, adding that these are the fruition of the Songun policy pursued by Kim Jong Il, an outstanding statesman and a peerlessly great man.

The adviser of the Bangladesh Institute of the Juche Idea, M. Gamrul Huda, its secretary general, and M. Jahangir Khan, chairman of the Bangladesh Group for the Study of the Songun Policy, lauded Kim Jong Il as an outstanding leader not only of the Korean people but of the world progressive people, deeply explaining and proving the validity and vitality of the Songun policy, citing the reality of the DPRK.

A congratulatory message to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the seminar held by the above-said Bangladeshi institute.

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