Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un , General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), met Comrade Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), who is on a visit to the DPRK, on April 10.

Present there was Comrade Kim Song Nam, member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of the WPK Central Committee and Director of its International Department.

Also present were Comrade Wang Yajun, Chinese Ambassador to the DPRK, and Comrade Hua Chunying, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PRC.

Comrade Kim Jong Un gladly received Comrade Wang Yi and exchanged warm greetings and had a talk with him in a comradely atmosphere.

At the talk, Comrade Wang Yi courteously conveyed the warm greetings from Comrade Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President of the PRC, to Comrade Kim Jong Un .

Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed deep thanks for it and asked the Chinese Foreign Minister to convey his greetings to Comrade Xi Jinping.

Comrade Kim Jong Un said that it is important for the DPRK and China to further intensify the visits and contacts at different levels and boost mutual support and cooperation for the protection of the common interests and the multi-faceted and sustained development of the bilateral relations, in view of the present international geopolitical situation and the long-term strategic interests of the two countries. And he expressed the stand of the WPK and the DPRK government on the issues of regional and international situation of mutual concern.

Comrade Wang Yi expressed the steadfast stand of the Chinese party and government to successfully develop the China-DPRK friendly relations, which have greeted a new phase of development, in accordance with the important common understanding reached at the summit meeting and talks between the top leaders of the two countries held in Beijing last September, in keeping with the desire and interests of the peoples of the two countries, as well as the view on the regional and international issues.

Affirming that it is the steadfast stand of the WPK and the DPRK government to place the greatest value on, give top priority to and further develop the DPRK-China friendly relations with socialism as their core, Comrade Kim Jong Un said that the WPK and the DPRK government would fully support all the internal and external policies of the Chinese party and government for realizing the territorial integrity of the country on the basis of the "One-China" principle and building a fair and just multi-polar world.

Comrade Kim Jong Un exchanged warm farewells with Comrade Wang Yi, wishing the Chinese party, government and people greater success in the course of accomplishing the cause of socialist modernization and national prosperity under the outstanding leadership of Comrade Xi Jinping.