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President Jiang's DPRK Tour Hailed as Success
The just-concluded visit by the top Chinese leader Jiang Zemin to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was hailed as a complete success on Wednesday by a senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official who accompanied Jiang in the tour.
Talking to reporters on the achievements made during the three-day visit, Dai Bingguo, chief of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said the visit has fully demonstrated the friendship between the two countries, deepened mutual understanding and trust, and greatly strengthened the Sino-DPRK relations.
It "is an important measure for promoting peace and stability on the Korean peninsula, an important event in the party-to-party and state-to-state relations between the two countries," the senior CPC official said.
The visit is "bound to generate important and profound influence" on the future development of relations between the two countries, on peace and stability on the Korean peninsula and on the common prosperity in China, the DPRK and other countries in the region," he said.
During the visit, which was conducted mainly in Jiang's capacity of the general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, the two sides shared the view that it is crucial to safeguard and promote peace and stability on the Korean peninsula, Dai said.
The two sides "are determined to make their own efforts in maintaining and consolidating regional peace and stability and promoting common prosperity in every country in the region," he said.
The warm reception and hospitality Jiang received during the visit is a manifestation of the unusually deep friendship between the CPC and the Workers' Party of Korea (WPC), the two countries and the two peoples, said the CPC official.
The friendship between China and the DPRK, which will expand in the new century in a continuous, steady and healthy way, not only conforms to the interests of the two countries and the two peoples, but also is of great significance to the promotion of peace and stability in the region and the world at large, he said.
During his visit, Jiang reiterated the consistent guidelines of the CPC, the Chinese government and the Chinese people on further strengthening and developing bilateral ties.
He described as "very good" the talks between Jiang and Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the WPK Central Committee and chairman of the National Defense Commission.
Dai said that both sides are determined to make concerted efforts in line with the consensus between the top leaders of the two countries to push the relations to a new high, while taking into consideration the tradition, the future and the good- neighborliness of the bilateral ties and cooperation.
The two countries are determined to concentrate on the development in their own country, with the DPRK appreciating China 's reform and opening-up policy and Jiang's thought of "three representations" and China respecting the DPRK's development path mapped to fit the DPRK's specific conditions, said the CPC official.
He also spoke highly of the achievements made by the DPRK people under the leadership of Kim Jong Il in overcoming economic difficulties, improving diplomatic relations with Western countries and improving relations with South Korea.
China attaches importance to the development of good-neighborly relations, friendship and cooperation with its neighboring countries, Dai said.
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