Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Monday, May 05, 2003
DPRK Leader Sends Condolences to China over Submarine Disaster
Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the National Defense Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has sent condolences to Chinese leaders over the submarine disaster, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the National Defense Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has sent condolences to Chinese leaders over the submarine disaster, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
The condolence messages were sent Sunday to Chinese President Hu Jintao and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Jiang Zemin.
In the messages, Kim Jong Il expressed his deep sorrow at the death of the Chinese Navy sailors and extended his sincere condolences through the Chinese leaders to the families of the victims of the disaster.
70 Chinese Navy sailors aboard a conventionally powered No. 361 submarine were killed in an accident near the Neichangshan islandsoff eastern Shandong province.