Pyongyang, December 27 (KCNA) -- The Central Committee of the Brazilian Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) and organizations of Nigeria and Nepal issued statements on Dec. 19 and 22 on the demise of leader Kim Jong Il.

The C.C., Brazilian Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) said in its statement that Kim Jong Il would always be with all the Korean people dynamically advancing along the road of justice for sovereignty, independence and socialism.

The Nigeria-Korea Friendship Association in its statement noted that he made undying contributions not only to the building of a thriving nation in the DPRK but to the international common cause of global peace and stability.

The statement extended encouragement and solidarity to the Korean people, stating that the association would set the mourning period from Dec. 22 to 29.

The Nepal Journalist Association and the Nepal Journalist Association for the Study of the Juche Idea and Songun Politics in their joint statement stressed that the exploits of Kim Jong Il would shine long in the world history as he made undying contributions to the great development and prosperity of the DPRK, peace of the Korean Peninsula and the rest of the world and the cause of realizing independence of the world's oppressed masses.