Displayed in its venue were works of President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il and books on their feats.

Edmond Jouve, director-general of the European Society for the Study of the Juche Idea, said in his report at the seminar that achieving independence and peace at present would be unthinkable without the Juche idea and the Songun idea.

He stressed that each country should further deepen the dissemination of the Juche idea and the Songun idea to suit its historical conditions, characteristics and cultural traditions and widely generalize the achievements and experience made in this work.

Speeches were made at the seminar in the wake of congratulatory addresses by Director-General Vishwanath and Secretary General Kenichi Ogami of the International Institute of the Juche Idea.

The speakers said that the Juche idea and the Songun idea are the guidelines that should be held fast to in the drive to realize the popular masses' cause of independence.

A letter to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the seminar.

It noted that the recent seminar was a significant gathering as it clarified again the role of Europe and the tasks facing the European region in accelerating the cause of global independence and expressed the will to realize it without fail.

The participants in the seminar will redouble their efforts to intensify the study and dissemination of the Juche idea in various forms and methods to suit the specific conditions of each country and region and carry it into practice with the centenary of birth of Kim Il Sung as an occasion, the letter said.

It expressed belief that the DPRK would more brilliantly shine as a dignified power of Juche and emerge a reunified thriving nation in the near future without fail under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il.

It also stressed that they would always extend support and encouragement to the Korean people in their struggle for the peaceful reunification of the country and its independent development.