The statement said:

The Communist Party of Italy is greeting the birth anniversary of Kim Jong Il as an auspicious holiday.

Availing ourselves of this opportunity, we are looking back upon the great man's outstanding ideological and theoretical exploits for developing the Juche idea and socialism and his great feats for safeguarding the sovereignty of the DPRK, achieving its prosperity and winning the anti-imperialist struggle.

The Communist Party of Italy expresses the feelings of friendship and solidarity for the fraternal Workers' Party of Korea.