Pyongyang, December 27 (KCNA) -- More foreign party leaders paid condolatory visits to the DPRK embassies in their countries from Dec. 22 to 25 to mourn the demise of leader Kim Jong Il. Among them were Sujata Koirala, leader of the Nepal Congress Party and member of its Central Committee who is former vice prime minister and foreign minister of Nepal; Boswa Isekombe Sylvere, general secretary of the Communist Party of Democratic Congo, and its leadership members; and Fayez Shukri, Lebanese Regional secretary of the Arab Baath Socialist Party.

They paid silent tribute to Kim Jong Il before his portrait, expressing deep condolences on his demise.

Boswa Isekombe Sylvere wrote in the mourners' book that Kim Jong Il will live forever as their leader and his leadership will continue till victory in the anti-imperialist struggle.

Fayez Shukri wrote that the demise of Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, is a big loss not only to the Korean people but also to the Lebanese people and other progressive people in the world as he devoted all his life to the cause of global independence, the socialist cause and the liberation of humankind.