Pyongyang, July 20 (KCNA) -- There took place memorial meeting, seminar, round-table talks and other events at the Party for Peace and Unity of Russia, the Russian Veterans' Union, the Primorsky Krai Branch of the All-Russia War Veterans' Social Organization "Militant Fraternity", the Khabarovsk Territory Committee of the Lenin Young Communist League of the Russian Federation, the Buryatia's Republic Association for the Study of the Juche Idea and the DPRK, the Khabarovsk Youth Association for the Study of the Juche Idea, the Primorsky Krai Branch of the "United Russia Youth Guards" and the Far East State Science Library from July 3 to 8 on the occasion of the 31st anniversary of demise of President Kim Il Sung. Speeches were made at the events attended by personages of the Russian government, parliament, political parties, organizations and institutions and the masses. The chairwoman and vice chairman of the Party for Peace and Unity of Russia said that the great Comrade Kim Il Sung is the outstanding statesman who liberated Korea and had led the DPRK people to victory and glory over the past several decades and the greatest person who dedicated his whole life to the prosperity and development of the country and the people's happiness. The chairman of the Russian Veterans' Union stressed that the exploits performed by Comrade Kim Il Sung being revered by all people as the founding father of socialist Korea and the great leader has been still conveyed long. A member of the State Duma and the chairman of the Russian Association for Friendship and Cultural Cooperation with the DPRK praised the President for performing the exploits before the times and history and before the country and the people. The chairman of the Primorsky Krai Branch of the All-Russia War Veterans' Social Organization "Militant Fraternity" said that Comrade Kim Il Sung, the founder of the Juche idea and prominent statesman, made a tangible contribution to the Korean revolution and accomplishment of the cause of global independence and his whole life is the one running through with patriotism and loving care for the people. The chairperson of the Buryatia's Republic Association for the Study of the Juche Idea and the DPRK and the chairperson of the Khabarovsk Youth Association for the Study of the Juche Idea referred in detail to the fact that the foundation for the development of the bilateral relations of the two countries was provided by the President and the DPRK-Russia relations of friendship and cooperation have been further consolidated and developed century after century.