Condolence Messages
from Juche Idea Researchers in the World
on the Demise of Dr. Vishwanath,
director general of the IIJI Board
(Several)


   Returning home from a trip abroad, I found a message announcing the sad news of the demise of Dr. Vishwanath, director general of the IIJI Board.
   Dr Vishwanath was a friendly figure and respectable person, who represented our organization for many years.
   It was known that Dr. Vishwanath had dedicated himself to President Kim Il Sung with deep respect and affection.
   On behalf of myself and the European Regional Society for the Study of the Juche Idea (ERSSJI), I cordially offer our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved and all his friends.

Edmond Jouve
Director General of the ERSSJI Board,
Prof. Emeritus at Paris Descartes University



   Having heard the demise of Dr. Vishwanath, I want to express my deep condolences to you, and by your means to the Asian Regional Institute of the Juche Idea, to his sons and his family.
   Every time I met him, I remember his high humanity, amiability, experience, capability, devotion to the cause of the Juche idea.
   We lost a great companion and example. With his memory we shall carry on our engagement.

Matteo Carbonelli
Secretary General of the ERSSJI,
Professor at University of Rome "La Sapienza"



   On behalf of the Ecuadorian Cultural Institute for the Study of the Juche Idea (ECISJI), I express our most heartfelt condolences on the sad demise of an illustrious teacher of Juche, Dr. Vishwanath, director general of the IIJI Board.
   His memory will endure not only among us the Juche idea researchers, but among the progressive peoples throughout the world.

Dr. Milton Burbano Bohorquez
Deputy Director General of the Board of Directors of the Latin American Institute of the Juche Idea (LAIJI), President of the ECISJI



   On behalf of all adherents of the Juche idea in Nigeria, I hereby express our profound condolences over the passing-on of Dr. Vishwanath, director general of the International Institute of the Juche Idea and secretary general of the International Kim Il Sung Prize Council.
   I have no doubt in my mind that Dr. Vishwanath was a visionary and a legend and that his visionary and legendary leadership would be greatly missed.
   I pray that the family and his Juche family the world over would have the fortitude to bear this irreplaceable loss.

Dr. Alhassan Mamman Muhammad
Director of the Board of Directors of the African Regional Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea (ARCSJI), Chairman of the Nigerian National Committee on the Study of the Juche Idea



   Juche world is missing a dedicated believer of Juche concept who was sacrificing his valuable time and knowledge with us for a long period.
   His whole life he had spent towards the promotion and development of great leaders H.E. Kim Il Sung’s and H.E. Kim Jong Il's thinking. Not only he acquired knowledge himself but he was so generous to distribute all what he had to others.
   In the socialist political arena he played a main role in promoting the Juche idea and Songun policy internationally.
   We may require quite some time to build up a person or a team to fill the gap created by his unexpected death.
   We all Sri Lankans join to share deep sorrow with his family members on the day of his last journey.

Prasanna Ranatunga
Deputy Director-General of the Board of Directors of the Asian Regional Institute of
the Juche Idea (ARIJI), Ex. Chief Minister of the Western Province, Sri Lanka
W.A Duminduwardane
Director of the ARIJI Board,
President of the Sri Lanka Society for Self-Reliance Studies (SLSSRS)
Upali Bandara
Secretary General of the SLSSRS