calendar>>April 28. 2012 Juch 101
Celebrations Held Abroad
Pyongyang, April 28 (KCNA) -- Meetings took place in Russia from April 6 to 18 to celebrate the birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung and congratulate the dear respected Kim Jong Un on his election as first secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and first chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK.

DPRK book, photo and handicraft exhibitions were held in Cambodia, Peru, Angola and Ethiopia from April 11 to 27 to celebrate the Day of the Sun.

On view at the venues were immortal classic works of the peerlessly great men, photos of their undying feats and potted Kimilsungias and Kimjongilias, immortal flowers. Books and photos introducing Songun Korea and handicraft associated with the creative talents of the Korean people were also on display.

Congratulatory letters to Kim Jong Un were read out at events in Russia.

The first vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation said that the history of the DPRK would be unthinkable without feats of Kim Il Sung.

The minister of Culture and Arts of Cambodia praised Generalissimo Kim Il Sung as a great hero who devoted all his life to the country and people.

The curator of Pyongyang Cultural Center in Peru said that there will not be such a great hero as Kim Il Sung who defeated two imperialisms in one generation.

The first secretary of the Partizansk City Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation said that election of Kim Jong Un to the top posts of the party, state and army guaranteed the Koreans eternal prosperity and happiness and instilled fresh conviction and courage into the world revolutionary people.

The commander of the presidential guard unit of Angola said that the victory of building a thriving socialist nation is guaranteed in the DPRK as supreme leader Kim Jong Un leads its army and people.

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