Pyongyang, February 22 (KCNA) -- The boundless reverence of mankind for Chairman Kim Jong Il who performed immortal exploits for the DPRK and revolution, the times and history with his outstanding idea and gigantic revolutionary practice is being expressed more ardently in significant February.

Congratulatory messages and letters sent by foreign personages on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Kim Jong Il are a vivid expression of the attraction and trust in the peerlessly great man who is always alive in the hearts of all people.

The chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party "Russian Communists" said that the progressive mankind is recollecting with the deepest reverence Comrade Kim Jong Il who devoted his all to the succession and development of the revolutionary cause pioneered by the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung, the prosperity of the country and the happiness of the people on the occasion of February 16.

The chairperson of the Party for Peace and Unity of Russia said that Comrade Kim Jong Il, possessed of the warmest love for the country and the people, performed great exploits in the struggle against modern imperialism, adding that the era of Kim Jong Il is the era of great creation and victory.

The general secretary of the Central Committee of the People's Socialist Party of Mexico said that Comrade Kim Jong Il built the DPRK into a world-class military power and firmly defended the sovereignty of the country and dignity of the nation through his Songun revolutionary leadership.

The director-general of the International Institute of the Juche Idea noted that Comrade Kim Jong Il devoted his whole life to the accomplishment of the revolutionary cause of Juche, adding that Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism is fully displaying its validity and vitality more clearly than ever before in the present world.

A vice-chairman of the Socialist Freedom Party of Egypt stressed that he deems it a great honor to significantly celebrate the 82nd birth anniversary of Comrade Kim Jong Il, adding that Kim Jong Il, the model of the great leader, is always alive in the hearts of all of us. -0-