Choe Son Hui, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea and foreign minister of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, met Li Qiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, at the Great Hall of the People on September 29.

Present there were the party of the foreign minister and DPRK Ambassador to China Ri Ryong Nam, officials of the Chinese Foreign Ministry including vice-ministers Ma Zhaoxu and Sun Weidong, and other officials of relevant fields.

Choe Son Hui said that the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un had a significant meeting and talks with General Secretary Xi Jinping weeks ago and reached an agreement on revitalizing high-level visits between the two sides. She stressed that it is the invariable stand of the Workers’ Party of Korea and the government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to further develop the traditional DPRK-China relations of friendship and cooperation as required by the times.

She referred to the struggle of the DPRK people who are making all efforts to successfully greet the Ninth Congress of the WPK after definitely concluding all the undertakings planned for this year, the last year of implementing the five-year plan for national economic development.

She wished the Chinese people steady successes in their struggle to push ahead with the cause of national prosperity in a comprehensive way under the leadership of the Communist Party of China with General Secretary Xi Jinping as its core.

Li Qiang said that General Secretary Xi Jinping and General Secretary Kim Jong Un had talks in Beijing weeks ago and reached an important consensus on the issues arising in further developing the traditional China-DPRK friendly and cooperative relations.

Noting that the China-DPRK friendly and cooperative relations have been further consolidated and developed in recent years thanks to the direct interest and strategic guidance of General Secretary Xi Jinping and General Secretary Kim Jong Un , he said it is the steadfast foreign policy of China to attach high importance to the China-DPRK friendship and always deal with and promote the development of China-DPRK relations from a strategic level and long-term point of view.

He expressed the willingness to positively promote the socialist cause by boosting contact, cooperation and strategic communication with the DPRK side and thus provide the peoples of the two countries with greater wellbeing.

KCNA