Politics

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un sent a reply message to Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the People's Republic of China, on March 27.

The message said:

Esteemed Comrade Xi Jinping,

I express my heartfelt thanks to you for sending me a cordial congratulatory message on my reelection as president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the First Session of the 15th Supreme People's Assembly.

Through the congratulatory message, I could feel the invariable support of you and the Chinese Party and government for me and our Party and government and your feeling of friendship towards us.

I am pleased that the traditional DPRK-China relations are being put on a new high stage in keeping with the aspirations of the two parties and the peoples of the two countries according to the important agreement reached at the meeting with you in September last year.

Our Party and the government of our Republic are steadfast in their stand to continue to develop in depth the DPRK-China relations of friendship and cooperation with socialism as the core.

Being convinced that the Chinese people will make fresh progress in the course of comprehensively building a modern socialist state under the leadership of the Communist Party of China with you as its core, I wish you good health and greater success in your responsible work.