Pyongyang, April 13 (KCNA) -- A celebration meeting took place in Beijing on April 9 to mark the 112th birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung, under the co-sponsorship of the DPRK embassy in China and the China World Peace Foundation.

Present there were the DPRK ambassador to China and his embassy members, the chairperson of the China World Peace Foundation, officials in the relevant units including the Beijing Municipal People's Association for Friendship and the Beijing International Peace and Culture Foundation, and the families of persons related to the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle.

The participants watched a video dealing with the immortal exploits performed by Kim Il Sung, together with the leaders of elder generations of China, for the development of the DPRK-China friendship.

Speeches were made there.

The chairperson of the China World Peace Foundation and other speakers said that the great President Kim Il Sung is a peerlessly great man who defended the dignity of the DPRK and made a great contribution to the global peace, adding that his exploits are recognized by the world people and his ideology is still being carried forward.

They impressively talked about the noble sense of revolutionary obligation of President Kim Il Sung, Chairman Kim Jong Il and the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un.

They said that the China-DPRK friendship formed in blood is deeply cherished in the minds of the younger generations as a precious treasure common to the peoples of the two countries and that they would do their best for the development of the China-DPRK friendship, true to the intentions of the revolutionaries of elder generations.

A congratulatory letter to Kim Jong Un was adopted at the meeting. -0-