Day of Shining Star Marked Abroad

Pyongyang, February 18 (KCNA) -- Meetings took place in Russia and Belarus between Feb. 6 to 9 to celebrate the Day of the Shining Star, the birth anniversary of Chairman Kim Jong Il.

Attending the meetings were personages and members of the Party for Peace and Unity of Russia, the Russian Association for Friendship and Cultural Cooperation with the DPRK, the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Belarusian Group for Solidarity with the DPRK and the Vitebsk Juche Pedagogy Association of Belarus.

The chairwoman of the Party for Peace and Unity of Russia said that Kim Jong Il is the model of state leader with the most perfect qualifications as a great man.

He provided noble ideological and theoretical guidelines for building a powerful and prosperous country with his rare wisdom and consolidated the single-minded unity of the whole society as firm as a rock, she noted, adding that Kim Jong Il is a genuine leader of the people with boundless love for them.

The secretary general of the Russian Association for Friendship and Cultural Cooperation with the DPRK said that the Russian people are meaningfully celebrating the birth anniversary of Kim Jong Il, the great master of the world politics.

He noted that Kim Jong Il was the closest friend of the Russian people, his exploits performed in the development of the Russia-DPRK friendly relations will be everlasting and he is always alive in the hearts of the Russian people.

The chief of the Belarusian Group for Solidarity with the DPRK said that Kim Jong Il conducted energetic activities for the country and the people true to the behests of President Kim Il Sung, and his august name will shine brilliantly as the Shining Star of Mt Paektu.

A section chief of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences stressed that Kim Jong Il raised the status of the DPRK to that of a power, breaking through severe difficulties with his original Songun politics, and consolidated the national power of the country as an invincible one no aggression force dare provoke.

He said that the DPRK has worked mirables in the economic development, strengthening of the national defense capabilities and others in recent years under the leadership of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un who successfully carries forward the cause of Kim Jong Il.

He stressed that the Korean people will demonstrate only victory and honor, in the future too, as they are led by Kim Jong Un.