Kim Jong Un Pledges Stronger Ties with China
NORTH KOREA – North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un pledged to strengthen ties with China in a message to Xi Jinping on the 76th National Day of China.
In his congratulatory message to Xi, the North Korean leader said his country has a willingness to make joint efforts to further strengthen and develop the friendly and cooperative relations between Pyongyang and Beijing.
“It is the steadfast stand of our Party and the government of the Republic to steadily develop the traditional DPRK-China friendship no matter how the international situation may change,” Kim said. North Korea’s official name is the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
“We are convinced that the Chinese people will continue to unite firmly around the CPC with Comrade General Secretary as its core and open a new phase of dynamic development, securing a brilliant victory in the long journey toward national rejuvenation,” Kim said.
China commemorates Oct. 1 every year as the anniversary of foundation of the republic in 1949.
North Korea’s Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui meets with China’s Premier Li Qiang
During a meeting with China’s Premier Li Qiang in Beijing on Monday, North Korea Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui said that it is the unchanging stand of the Workers’ Party of Korea and the government of North Korea to further strengthen and develop the traditional Pyongyang-Beijing friendly and cooperative relations in line with the demands of the times.
“Kim Jong Un had a significant meeting and talks with General Secretary Xi Jinping days ago and reached an agreement on revitalizing high-level visits between the two sides,” Choe said.
During Choe’s meeting with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Sunday, the two countries also agreed to strengthen multilateral cooperation to jointly resist unilateralism, hegemony, and power politics, as well as to protect their common interests and international “fairness and justice.”
Choe arrived on a four-day visit to China on Saturday.
This visit is Choe’s first solo trip to China since taking office in June 2022, as well as her first direct meeting with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi.
