calendar>>March 27. 2009 Juche 98
Joint Meeting Held in India to Commemorate Day of Sun
Pyongyang, March 27 (KCNA) -- A joint meeting was held by the International Institute of the Juche Idea, the Asian Regional Institute of the Juche Idea and Indian organizations for the study of the Juche idea on Mar. 20 on the occasion of the birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung.

Displayed at the meeting hall were works of the peerlessly great persons, photos showing their immortal exploits and books introducing the advantages of Korean-style socialism centered on the popular masses.

Present there were Vishwanath, director-general of the IIJI, and Kenichi Ogami, secretary general of the IIJI, Harish Gupta, secretary general of the ARIJI, Balzor Singh Chauhan, chairman of the Indian Youth Group for the Study of Works of Comrade Kim Il Sung, and S. P. Pathak, chairman of the Indian Society for the Study of Works of Kim Jong Il, and other members of organizations for the study of the Juche idea.

Present there on invitation were the ambassador and staff members of the DPRK embassy in India.

Speeches were made there.

The secretary general of the ARIJI said that Kim Il Sung, who was born into a revolutionary family, embarked on the road of revolution in his early years to retake the country usurped by the Japanese imperialists and made great contributions to the Korean revolution and the world revolution, adding that the world progressive mankind is highly praising him as the outstanding leader in the 20th century.

He noted that General Secretary Kim Jong Il, the sun of the 21st century, is successfully carrying forward the revolutionary cause of Juche started by the President.

Kim Jong Il who realized the cause of perpetuating the memory of the President is leading to victory the struggle of the Korean people to open the gate to a great prosperous and powerful socialist nation in 2012 that marks the centenary of the birth of the President, he said, stressing:

It is thanks to the unique Songun politics pursued by Kim Jong Il that the DPRK has unswervingly advanced along the road chosen by itself in spite of the imperialist allied forces' anti-DPRK and anti-socialist moves.

A letter to Kim Jong Il was adopted there.

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