Pyongyang, August 4 (KCNA) -- There took place celebration meetings, seminars, friendly meetings, film shows and other events in Russia, Mongolia, Vietnam, Germany, Belarus, Switzerland, Britain and Algeria from July 20 to 27 to mark the 71st anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War.

Present at the events were personages of various circles and masses in those countries.

Screened at the film shows were films dealing with the immortal exploits of President Kim Il Sung for the victory in the war and the noble personality of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un as a great man and videos showing the towering hatred and retaliatory will of the Korean people against the U.S. imperialists, their sworn enemy.

Speeches were made at the events.

The chairman of the Switzerland-Korea Committee said that the Korean people could work a military miracle of defeating the formidable U.S. imperialists in the Fatherland Liberation War, thanks to the outstanding leadership of Generalissimo Kim Il Sung and that their historic victory was recorded as a brilliant page in the history of global anti-imperialist struggle.

Personages of the Russian Association for Friendship and Cultural Cooperation with the DPRK and the Russian Academy of Sciences praised Kim Il Sung for the war victory, saying that the Korean War was the most fierce one unprecedented in history but it ended with the Korean people's victory.

The chairman of the Mongolian Center for the Study of the Juche Idea said it is a proud fruition of the wise leadership of the preceding leaders and the respected HE Kim Jong Un and result of the diligent and devoted efforts of the Korean people overcoming difficulties, united close around their leader that the DPRK, where everything was completely destroyed by the war, has turned into the present wonderful country.

The chief of the Belarusian Group for Solidarity with the DPRK said July 27, 1953 was recorded in history as the V-Day when the Korean people defeated the imperialist allied forces, referring to the world-historic significance of the victory won by the Korean people in the Fatherland Liberation War.

The chairman of the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea praised Kim Il Sung for leading the life-and-death war against the U.S. imperialists to victory with his unique military idea, war methods and superb strategy and tactics.

Members of the Anti-Imperialist Forum of Germany praised the personality of Kim Il Sung as a peerlessly great man who defeated the two imperialist foes in one generation, stressing that the DPRK has demonstrated its might as a world-class military power no one dares provoke and its position has become irreversible thanks to Kim Jong Un.

A congratulatory message to the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un was adopted at the meeting held in Switzerland. -0-