The 110th anniversary of late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung was celebrated in Bangladesh on Saturday.
“National Preparatory Committee for Celebrating the Birth Anniversary of the Great President Kim IL Sung” organised a discussion meeting at the Jatiya Press Club on this occasion.
With convenor of the committee Harun-Ar-Rashid in the chair, the function was addressed by president of Workers’ Party of Bangladesh Rashed Khan Menon and North Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Pak Song Yop, advocate Gharib-e-Newaz Khan, secretary of the Bhasani Anusary Parishad Sheikh Rafiqul Islam Bablu, Kamrul Huda and Zobaida Pervin.
Journalist Jamal Uddin Jamal conducted the function.
Speaking at the function, Rashed Khan Menon said that Korean leader Kim IL Sung was one of the great leaders who successfully united the people of his country to fight against imperialism.
He said Kim maneuvered the idea of communism keeping in mind the demands of his society which brought success while communists leaders in Bangladesh failed to do so.
Korean Ambassador Pak Song Yop thanked Bangladeshis for celebrating Kim Il Sung’s birth anniversary.
He also appreciated the Bangladesh government for successfully containing the Coronavirus which many countries in the world could not do.
He expressed his hope for continuous strengthening of the bilateral relations between Bangladesh and North Korea.
Source: United News of Bangladesh