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More Gifts to Kim Jong Il Exhibited

KCNA

    Pyongyang, February 11 (KCNA) -- Many gifts leader Kim Jong Il received from heads of foreign political parties and states and figures from all walks of life for nine years since he began pursuing the Songun policy were newly exhibited at the International Friendship Exhibition on the occasion of the February holiday, his birthday. There appeared new eight halls besides the halls where the gifts he received before Juche 84 (1995) are put on display according to continents and countries. On display in the new halls according to the characteristics of the periods are the gifts he has received from foreign guests since he began pursuing the Songun policy.
    The gifts he received up to Juche 89 (2000) since Juche 84 (1995) are displayed in four halls.
    He received over 10,000 gifts from the heads of political parties and states and individuals of different countries in the period of the "Arduous March" and forced march.
    They include a ceramic vase from Jiang Zemin, former general secretary of the C.C., the Communist Party of China and president of China, a crocodile skin briefcase from Fidel Castro Ruz, first secretary of the C.C., the Communist Party of Cuba, president of the Council of State and president of the Council of Ministers, and a sword from Hafez Al Assad, former president of Syria. These reflect the ardent respect and reverence for the peerless brilliant commander of Songun. There is a printing plate he received from the delegation of the U.S. newspaper New York Times. The gift is the original plate the newspaper office used when printing a special edition of "Kim Jong Il, a loadstar that ushered in the 21st century" introducing his exploits.
    The gifts he received in the new century are displayed in three halls in chronological order.
    There is a hall devoted to the gifts he received in Juche 90 (2001). Put on display there are part of more than 300 gifts he received from Russian President Putin, Pulikovski, Russian presidential envoy to the Far East Federal District, and other personages of Russia during his visit to the Russian Federation.
    The gifts he received in Juche 91 (2002) and Juche 92 (2003) on display in the halls as national treasures represent the ardent desire of humankind to hold him in high esteem as the greatest man.
    There is a hall specially devoted to part of at least 660 gifts he received from different countries on February 16, Juche 91 (2002).