Beijing-Sana
China and the DPRK reiterated their willingness to enhance and expand their existing cooperation and friendship.
Today, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his DPRK counterpart Kim Jong Un exchanged congratulatory messages on the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the two countries.
"Over the past 60 years, China and the DPRK have firmly supported each other and struggled hand in hand to enhance friendship and brotherhood, and have maintained regional and global peace and stability," Xi said in his message, noting the major shifts in the world scene in terms of balance and international relations.
Xi expressed his willingness to work with Kim to enhance strategic communication and raise friendly cooperation to new levels to bring more benefits to the two countries and their peoples" and reiterated China's firm support for the DPRK in developing its economy and improving the well-being of its people.
In his turn, the DPRK president said in his message that "the signing of the treaty showed the world the resolute will of the Chinese Communist Party and the Democratic Korean Labor Party, as well as the governments and peoples of the two countries in promoting the long-term development between them, which has been consolidated in blood on a solid legal foundation," noting that the two countries "written a proud history of friendship through mutual support and assistance.”
"In recent years, in the face of the complex and ever-changing international scene, the trust and friendship between the two countries have continued to grow in depth and bilateral relations have advanced to a higher level," Kim noted, stressing that the consistent stance of the Workers' Party of Korea and the DPRK government is to further strengthen and develop friendly and cooperative relations. between the two countries, which is a common treasure for both sides.