Politics

Pak Thae Song, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and premier of the Cabinet of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, had talks with 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 in Beijing on July 11.

Pak Thae Song said that the DPRK-China Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance is a firm political and legal guarantee for dynamically promoting the development of the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries, adding that the complicated international political situation requires the two parties and two countries to continue to give full play to the spirit of the treaty with the unity, cooperation and defending of the common interests as the core for the victorious advance of the socialist cause.

Noting that the DPRK-China friendly relations have reached a new high level thanks to the direct attention and wise leadership of Comrade Kim Jong Un and Comrade Xi Jinping, he stressed that the DPRK would make positive efforts to steadily strengthen the DPRK-China friendship and solidarity, true to the noble intention of the top leaders of the two parties and two countries.

Li Qiang said that China and the DPRK are neighbours sharing destiny and defending and helping each other, adding that Comrade General Secretary Xi Jinping paid a state visit to the DPRK to achieve an important shared understanding and provide strategic guidelines on deepening the China-DPRK relations with Comrade General Secretary Kim Jong Un.

It is the consistent and steadfast policy of the Chinese party and government to successfully defend, consolidate and develop the China-DPRK relations, he said, expressing the will to steadily preserve the spirit of the China-DPRK Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance so as to maintain close ties through high-level visits and expand and develop the political mutual trust and practical cooperation and thus promote the wellbeing of the peoples of the two countries and make positive contributions to the peaceful development of the region and the rest of the world.

The talks discussed the issues of expanding and developing exchange and cooperation in all spheres according to the agreement reached by the top leaders of the DPRK and China at the historic Pyongyang summit.

The talks proceeded in a comradely and friendly atmosphere.

Present at the talks from the DPRK side were Kim Song Nam, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the WPK Central Committee, and other leading members of the Party and government delegation of the DPRK, and from the Chinese side were Wu Zhenglong, member and secretary-general of the State Council of the PRC, and other officials of the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC and the International Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee.

That day, Li Qiang, premier of the State Council of the PRC, hosted a reception in welcome of the Party and government delegation of the DPRK.