calendar>>February 22. 2015 Juche 104
Kim Jong Il Praised by Foreign Figures
Pyongyang, February 22 (KCNA) -- Meetings took place in Laos, Norway and Austria between February 10 and 15 on the occasion of the birth anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il.

Displayed at the venues of the meetings were photos documenting exploits of President Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Marshal Kim Jong Un.

Displayed there were photos and books introducing Songun Korea.

The chairman of the Laos-Korea Friendship Association paid the highest tribute to Kim Jong Il who performed immortal exploits on behalf of the era and history, holding aloft the banner of Songun.

The chairman of the Ostfold County Committee of the Communist Party of Norway lauded him as a great statesman who firmly protected the dignity and sovereignty of the country and the happiness of the people, provided a solid foundation for the building of a thriving socialist nation and safeguarded peace and security on the Korean peninsula and in the rest of Northeast Asia by pursuing the Songun politics.

The chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Society for the Promotion of the Relations between Austria and the DPRK said that Kim Jong Il is always alive in the hearts of not only the Korean people but also humankind as the eternal general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and the chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK.

Congratulatory messages to Kim Jong Un were adopted at the meetings held in Norway and Austria.

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