Speeches were made at the events.

The chief of the Technological Department of the Russian Centre for the International Scientific and Technological Bulletins said he got to know well about the facts that Kim Jong Il has ceaselessly provided field guidance to KPA units and different sectors of the national economy though he has been so busy and the Korean people have achieved great successes in building a great prosperous and powerful socialist nation under his wise leadership.

The chairman of the Juche Idea Study Society of Indian Delhi praised Kim Jong Il for having led the showdown with the imperialists to victory, saying that nearly two decades since his assumption of the KPA supreme commandership were the days when his personality as the brilliant commander was fully demonstrated.

The secretary general of the Juche Idea Study Society in Uttar Pradesh State of India noted that
Kim Jong Suk performed great exploits for the liberation of Korea and the cause of building a new country. What is conspicuous in her exploits is that she provided a sure guarantee for carrying forward the revolutionary cause of Juche through generations, the secretary general stressed.