Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- Foreign personages of various circles visited the DPRK missions in their countries from December 11 to 17 on the occasion of the 14th anniversary of demise of Chairman Kim Jong Il.

Personages of political parties, organizations and institutions of different countries, including the China World Peace Foundation, the Beijing Chao Ya International Cultural Exchange Center in China, the Stroidilprom Co. Ltd. of Russia, the Belarus Association of Friends of Korean People Named after Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, the Belarusian Group for Solidarity with the DPRK, the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea and the Mexico-Korea Solidarity Committee, laid flower baskets and bouquets and made a bow before the portraits of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il and art works depicting the President and the Chairman standing together. -0-