The Ecuador-Guaranda Institute for Friendship and Cultural Solidarity with the Korean People noted that the July 4 Joint Statement was published thanks to the painstaking efforts and wise leadership of President Kim Il Sung, who devoted himself to national reunification.

It stressed that the great feats the President and General Secretary Kim Jong Il performed for national reunification would last forever.

The France-Korea Friendship Association supported the historic statement and reiterated its will to conduct positive activities to support the Korean people in their just cause of independent and peaceful reunification of the country.

The British Association for the Study of Songun Policy and the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea fully supported the effort of the Korean people for achieving national reunification on the Three Principles of National Reunification, set forth by the President, under the leadership of the dear respected Kim Jong Un.