Pyongyang, December 18 (KCNA) -- Diplomatic envoys and staff members of the Vietnamese, Lao and Nicaraguan embassies here visited the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill on Dec. 17, the 13th anniversary of demise of Kim Jong Il.

They placed floral baskets at the statues of the great leaders, who made immortal contributions to accomplishing the cause of global independence and developing the friendly relations among countries, and paid tribute to them.

Meanwhile, laid at the statues on the same day was a floral basket in the name of Pei Guanglin, general manager of the Chinese Hunchun Taixi Electronics Trade Co. Ltd. -0-