Pyongyang, March 1 (KCNA) -- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un received congratulatory messages and letters from different countries on the occasion of the 79th birth anniversary of Chairman Kim Jong Il, Day of the Shining Star.

They include the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Nepal Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist), the secretary general of the Lebanon Federation of Workers, the general secretary of the Malaysian Chinese Association, the general secretary of the Mongolian People's Party, the chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Bangladesh National Socialist Party, the general secretary of the Syrian Communist Party (Unified), the general secretary of the Arab Democratic Union Party of Syria, the general secretary of the Al Ahd al Watani Party of Syria, the general secretary of the Socialist Unionist Party of Syria, the general secretary of the Syrian Arab Socialist Union Party, the chairman of the Funcinpec Party of Cambodia, the secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Democratic Front, the general secretary of the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front, the general secretary of the PKP-1930, the chairman of the Central Council of the People Unity-"Kyrgyz El" Republican Political Party of Kyrgyzstan, the general chairman and the secretary general of the National Guidance Council of the Pioneer Party of Indonesia, the senior leader of the Indian People's Party, the chairman and the international secretary of the Communist Party in Denmark, the acting chairman of the Communist Party of Germany, the chairman of the Socialist Party of Romania, the chairman of the Supreme Council of the National Socialist Party of Romania, the chairwoman of the Party for Peace and Unity of Russia, the chairperson of the National Salvation Front of Russia, the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party "Russian Communists", the chairperson of the Hungarian Workers' Party, the honorary chairman of the Bulgarian Communists Union, the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus, the general secretary of the Communist Party of Switzerland, the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, the chairman and the international secretary of the Finnish Communists' League, the general secretary and the international secretary of the Central Committee of the New Yugoslav Communist Party, the general secretary of the Movement for Peace and Socialism of Italy, the general secretary of the Guinean Rainbow People's Assembly, the acting general secretary of the Democratic Rally of Africa-Democratic Party of Guinea, the national chairman of the People's Progressive Party of Nigeria, the chairman of the African Party for the Solidarity and Justice of Mali, the general secretary of the Workers' Party for the Independence of Senegal, the general secretary of the Communist Party of DR Congo, the general secretary of the Workers' Party of DR Congo, the national chairman of the Popular Revolutionary Party of DR Congo, the national chairman of the Convention of United Democratic Congolese, the chairman of the Ugandan National Executive Committee of the Pan-African Movement, the chairman of the National Progressive Unionist Party of Egypt, the secretary general of the United Left Movement of Dominica, the national leader of the Workers' Party of Mexico, the general secretary of the Central Committee of the People's Socialist Party of Mexico, and the Central Committee of the Democratic Workers' Party of Spain.

Also among them are the director of the Department of Workers and Farmers of the Baath Arab Socialist Party, a vice-general secretary for International Affairs of the Islamic Coalition Party of Iran, a secretary of the Central Committee of the Slovak Communist Party, the director of the International Department of the Socialist Workers' Party of Croatia, the international secretary of the Serbian Communist Party, the international secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the People of Spain, the deputy general secretary of the National Democratic Congress of Ghana, a vice-chairman of the Socialist Freedom Party of Egypt, the co-chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kim Il Sung-Kim Jong Il Foundation, the president of the International Group of Italy, the director-general of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the chairman of the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organization, the director-general and the vice-director general of the International Institute of the Juche Idea, the vice-director general and directors of the Asian Regional Institute of the Juche Idea, the secretary general and the councilor of the European Society for the Study of the Juche Idea, the honorary director-general of the Latin American Institute of the Juche Idea, the head of the Orchestra of the 21st Century of Russia, the mayor of Khabarovsk in Russia and other high-ranking officials of political, public and economic circles and the military of China, Russia, Nepal, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Bangladesh, Syria, Singapore, Cambodia, Thailand, Pakistan, Palestine, the Philippines, Kazakhstan, Cyprus, Turkey, Iran, India, Japan, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Romania, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Sweden, the Czech Republic, France, Finland, Poland, Ireland, Britain, Austria, Ukraine, Iceland, Italy, Spain, Guinea, Nigeria, South Africa, Mali, Benin, Senegal, Zambia, Equatorial Guinea, DR Congo, Algeria, Angola, Uganda, Ethiopia, the U.S., Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Ecuador and Australia, representatives of organizations for the study of the Juche idea, organizations for supporting Korea's reunification and friendship organizations and representatives of international bodies here.

Meanwhile, the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea received a congratulatory message from the Central Committee of the People's Party of Cambodia.