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With clear insight into the complicated trend of the world politics and the prevailing situation he made outstanding successes of important significance in intensifying the international solidarity with the Korean revolution and raising the DPRK's international prestige with his seasoned and active external activities. He defended world peace and security and performed great exploits for the accomplishment of the global cause of independence.

He demonstrated the might of Songun Korea by developing the DPRK-China and the DPRK-Russia friendship.

His historic visits to China and Russia demonstrated the solidity and might of the DPRK's friendship with both countries, encouraged world forces for independence against imperialism and dealt a heavy political blow at the world anti-revolutionary forces.

He obstructed and smashed the imperialist allied forces' moves to isolate and stifle the DPRK with his extraordinary diplomatic strategy, thereby making a great contribution to safeguarding the Korean revolution.

He pursued superb diplomatic strategy by far surpassing the enemies.

He countered the enemies' highhanded practices with diplomatic strategy to drive the hostile forces to a serious crisis and made great contributions to defending the peace and security of East Asia and the rest of the world and advancing the independent cause, the socialist cause of popular masses.

He was a great diplomatic strategist as he won a big victory by defeating the formidable imperialist enemy who styled itself as the world's "only superpower" and demonstrated the dignity and honor of socialist Songun Korea.

He also made a great contribution to the work for ending the DPRK-Japan hostile relations, leftover of the 20th century.

At Pyongyang meeting and talks with the Japanese prime minister he clarified the DPRK's principled stand and fundamental ways for the normalization of the bilateral relations and gave clear answers to outstanding issues raised by Japan, thereby providing the historic DPRK-Japan Pyongyang Declaration.

He flung open the door to the development of foreign relations with independent diplomacy.

He met the EU high-ranking delegation which visited the DPRK in May 2001. At the talks with the delegation he gave straightforward answers to the complicated international issues of its concern with iron logic and outstanding insight. With this visit as an occasion the EU established diplomatic ties with the DPRK and this led to opening a new phase in the bilateral relations.

He embodied the idea of believing in people as in Heaven, his life-long cherished opinion and maxim, in the field of external activities and embraced the people with endless trust, solicitude and noble humanity.

The glorious history of his external activities has served as a genuine textbook illumining the path of victory and a source of invincibility of all the countries aspiring after the independent diplomacy for its rich and deep content and great influence.