Venezuelan President Expresses Condolences over Demise of Kim Jong Il

Pyongyang, December 20 (KCNA) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias expressed the most profound condolences over the demise of leader Kim Jong Il in the name of the Venezuelan government and people.

Expressing feelings of deep solidarity with the people of the DPRK who lost their leader, he voiced the belief that the Korean people will surely achieve the prosperity of the country.

This was clarified in a communique of the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry released on Monday. -0-