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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Pyongyang, October 9 (Xinhua) — China intends to strengthen high-level exchanges and strategic communication with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Chinese State Council Premier Li Qiang announced on Thursday.
Li Qiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee, made the statement during a meeting in Pyongyang with Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and Chairman of State Affairs of the DPRK.
He conveyed to Kim Jong-un warm greetings and best wishes from General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping, as well as his warm congratulations on the 80th anniversary of the founding of the WPK.
Li Qiang noted that last month, General Secretary Kim Jong-un arrived in China to participate in commemorative events marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. As the Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China noted, during Kim Jong-un's meeting with Xi Jinping, the two sides outlined a direction and a plan for further deepening relations between China and the DPRK.
The CPC and the Chinese government always view relations with the DPRK from a strategic height and a long-term perspective, Li Qiang pointed out, clarifying that maintaining, strengthening and developing the traditional friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries is China's unchanging political course.
China, Li Qiang continued, is willing to work with the DPRK to follow the joint instructions of the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, promoting continuous new progress in bilateral relations.
The head of the Chinese government stated that China hopes to further develop traditional friendship with the DPRK, deepen practical cooperation, and establish close coordination and interaction in international and regional affairs.
Li Qiang called on both sides to strengthen cooperation in multilateral formats, firmly uphold and implement multilateralism, and promote the development of the international order in a more just and reasonable direction.
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