Rodong Sinmun on Ever-Lasting DPRK-PRC Friendship

Rodong Sinmun, organ of the Cenral Committee of Korean Workers Party, hails Kim Jong Il's successful visit to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in its Jan. 23 editorial. It says:

Kim Jong Il's historic china visit offered a momentous opportunity of consolidating and developing the friendly DPRK-PRC relations and it will greatly contribute to ensuring peace and security in Asia and the world.

His visit was successful thanks to the special care and cordial hospitality accorded to him by the central committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council of the PRC and President Jiang Zemin.

At the talks, the leaders of the two parties and two countries informed each other of the situation in their countries and exchanged views on the issue of further developing the bilateral relations and on major international issues of common concern and reached a consensus of views on them.

They agreed to make positive efforts to further consolidate and develop the long-standing traditional DPRK-PRC friendship and put the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries onto a higher level.

The peoples of the two countries have long consolidated their friendship and solidarity despite ordeals and difficulties.

It is invariable wishes of the two parties and the two peoples to see the friendship steadily growing strong in the 21st century, too, as in the last century. The two leaders at their meetings and talks reclarified their will to further consolidate the bilateral relations to bring about a bright future through the new century.

The Chinese people are working hard to achieve stability and unity of the society and build socialism with Chinese characteristics under the leadership of the CPC and China's international position is rising ever higher.

We sincerely hope everything will go well in China.

The steady growth of the DPRK-PRC friendship is conducive to pushing forward the revolution and construction in the two countries and achieving their prosperity and progress.






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