calendar>>April 16. 2019 Juche 108
Figures of Lebanon and Jordan Issue Statements on Day of Sun
Pyongyang, April 16 (KCNA) -- Figures of Lebanon and Jordan made public statements on April 5 and 8 to mark the birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung (Day of the Sun).

Samir Diyab, chief of the Lebanese Group for the Study of the Juche Idea, said that President Kim Il Sung is a great teacher who defended the justice with his outstanding idea and theories, iron will and wise leadership and indicated the road ahead of the progressive mankind with the torch of Juche.

He noted that the President cause was successfully taken over by leader Kim Jong Il and is now invariably carried forward by HE Kim Jong Un.

He pointed out that Juche Korea will vigorously advance towards brighter future under the experienced leadership of HE Kim Jong Un.

Marwan Sudah, chairman of the Arab Committee for Solidarity with Korean People and Supporting the Reunification of Korea, stressed that on the occasion of the birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung, founding father of socialist Korea, the Korean people and world progressives are looking back on his noble career.

The President who embarked upon the road of revolutionary struggle in his teens defeated the Japanese imperialists and liberated the country, he said.

The President's greatest feat is that he founded the great Juche idea, he noted.

The President brilliantly accomplished the cause of building the party, state and army and firmly defended the sovereignty of the DPRK, he said.

The President also turned the DPRK into a socialist country by leading the post-war rehabilitation and construction and several stages of social revolution to victory, he said.

The noble feat of the President who regarded believing in the people as in heaven as his motto and devoted his all to the people will remain long, he added.

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