Pyongyang, December 27 (KCNA) -- The dear respected Kim Jong Un on Dec. 19 received a condolence message from Marco Rizzo, general secretary of the Leftwing People's Party of Communists of Italy, on the demise of leader Kim Jong Il.

The message said:

It is with sadness that I learned of the untimely passing of Comrade Kim Jong Il, the outstanding leader of the revolutionary cause of Juche, the Workers' Party of Korea, the DPRK and the Korean people.

I, on behalf of all members of the party and Director of its International Department Alfonso Galdi, would like to express deepest sympathy to Comrade Kim Jong Un.