Paolo Piu, chief for Rome City of the Italian Branch of the Korean Friendship Association, was elected head of the group.

At the inaugural ceremony he said the Juche idea founded by President Kim Il Sung and developed in depth by leader Kim Jong Il is a textbook clearly indicating the way for the world progressives advocating independence to follow, expressing his will to deeply study and widely disseminate the Juche idea, Songun idea among young Italians.

A letter to the dear respected Kim Jong Un was adopted at the ceremony.