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Kim Jong Il Praised as Veteran Statesman of World

Pyongyang, March 3 (KCNA) -- The "International Kim Il Sung Prize" Council conferred the prize on Kim Jong Il on his birthday. It is a clear expression of the absolute reverence and respect of the members of the council and the world progressives for him, said Vishwanath, secretary general of the council, who visited the DPRK to celebrate the February holiday.
The DPRK is now shining brilliantly as the greatest country under the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il, a great thinker and theoretician possessed of steadfast faith, indomitable will and matchless pluck and courage, the secretary general said, and went on:
Any moves of the U.S.-led imperialist allied forces to stifle the DPRK could never frighten the Korean people who have the prominent leader.
The gangster-like and reckless aggression moves of the imperialist U.S., who rudely infringes upon the sovereignty of other countries, styling itself as the "only super power", have been totally frustrated in the DPRK, a powerful country of Songun.
In recent years the Korean people have worked hard to usher in the great heyday in building a great prosperous powerful nation and achieving the national reunification, full of confidence in victory and optimism, even under the complicated international situation. Such reality of the DPRK gives fresh energy and courage to the world progressives in the struggle to build a peaceful and prosperous world.
Kim Jong Il has defended and glorified Korean-style socialism, the heritage of President Kim Il Sung, holding high the banner of Songun. His distinguished and tested leadership serves as a great encouragement to the world progressive humankind and anti-imperialist independent forces and a peculiar contribution to the world peace and the independent development of mankind.
The world progressive people's just struggle for independence will emerge victorious without fail as they are guided by Kim Jong Il, the great sun of the 21st century and a veteran statesman of the world who clearly indicates the way for realizing the human cause of independence.