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Birth Anniversary Marked in China
Pyongyang, April 8 (KCNA) -- A friendship meeting took place in Beijing on April 5 to mark the centenary of the birth of President Kim Il Sung.

Present there were Mustafa Al Safarini, chairman of the Arab Information Center in China, and his daughter Jindallae, the executive chairman of the Public Center for Diplomatic and Cultural Exchange of China and other people, as well as Ji Jae Ryong, DPRK ambassador to China, and staff members of his embassy and diplomats of various countries in China.

Jindallae praised Kim Il Sung as an outstanding leader who devoted all his life to the prosperity of the country and accomplishment of the human cause of independence and the universally recognized great man.

He, the father of the Korean nation, is boundlessly respected by all the people for his feats and is always alive as the sun of mankind as he brought hope to the world oppressed people, she added.

The executive chairman noted that Kim Il Sung put forward the line, independent in politics, self-supporting in economy and self-reliant in national defence, and wisely led the Korean people, turning the DPRK into a powerful socialist state.

Mustafa Al Safarini lauded Kim Il Sung for founding the immortal Juche idea and building an invincible socialist power.

Then a joint performance was given by DPRK officials working in China and Chinese artistes.

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