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Honorary Title from San Miguel de Ibarra City, Ecuador
Pyongyang, June 8 (KCNA) -- San Miguel de Ibarra City, Imbabura Province of Ecuador, awarded its honorary title "Great Teachers" to President Kim Il Sung, General Secretary Kim Jong Il and anti-Japanese heroine Kim Jong Suk.

An event for conveying the certificate of honorary title took place in the city on May 30.

The certificate was handed over to the head of the Korean Koryo medical cooperation group.

Written on the certificate are the following letters:

We present the certificate of "Great Teachers" to President Kim Il Sung, Marshal Kim Jong Il and Mrs. Kim Jong Suk of the DPRK in recognition of the feats performed by them who created a new history of the era of independence under the banner of human emancipation, devoted their all to building a new society for the cultural development of mankind free from exploitation and oppression and showed deep care for the cooperation among developing countries. Jorge Martinez Vasquez, mayor of San Miguel de Ibarra, and Lourdes Bucheli de Martinez, chairman of the Supporting Committee, on May 28, 2010.

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