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Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the DPRK, sent a message of greeting to Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), President of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the PRC, on Sunday.

In the message the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un extended warm congratulations on behalf of the WPK and the government and people of the DPRK and on his own behalf to General Secretary Xi Jinping and, through him, to the Central Committee of the CPC, the government and people of the PRC on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the conclusion of the DPRK-China Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance.

The message reads:

Beijing

 

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

President of the People's Republic of China

Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China

 

I send warm congratulations to you and through you, to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the government of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese people on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the conclusion of the DPRK-China Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in the name of the WPK and the DPRK government and people and in my own name.

The conclusion of the DPRK-China Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance was a historic event that demonstrated the firm will of our two parties, two governments and two peoples to develop long the DPRK-China friendship on a solid legal basis, which had been established with blood on the road for anti-imperialist independence and socialism.

Over the past 60 years the two countries of the DPRK and China have written the proud history of friendship, sharing sweets and bitters and constantly supporting and cooperating both materially and morally in the struggle for the common cause despite all the tempest of the time.

In recent years the comradely confidence and militant friendship between the DPRK and China have got deeper with each passing day despite the unprecedentedly complex international situation and the traditional DPRK-China friendship with a new driving force is comprehensively developing onto a higher stage in all fields including politics, economy, military affairs and culture.

The DPRK-China Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance is displaying its stronger vitality in safeguarding and promoting the socialist cause of the two countries and ensuring peace and stability of Asia and the world today when the challenges and obstructions of the hostile forces get more vicious.

It is a steadfast stand of our Party and government to constantly strengthen and develop the relations of friendship and cooperation between the DPRK and China according to the new demand of the  time and the desire of the two peoples.

Our Party, government and people will, in the future, too, further treasure the DPRK-China friendship, the precious common wealth of the two countries, and join hands firmly with the Communist Party of China and the Chinese government and people on the sacred road of building socialism and communism.

I am greatly rejoiced over the fact that the Chinese party and people have achieved remarkable successes in building socialism with the Chinese characteristics under your leadership and grandly celebrated the centenary founding anniversary of the party. I wish you continuous great progress in your work to build a modern socialist state in an overall way and achieve prosperity of the Chinese nation.

I sincerely wish you good health and a greater success in your responsible work for prosperity of the country and happiness of the people.

 

Kim Jong Un

General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea

President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

 

Pyongyang

July 11, Juche 110(2021)

General Secretary Kim Jong Un receives message of greetings from General Secretary Xi Jinping

Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the DPRK, received a message of greeting from Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), President of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the PRC, on July 11.

In the message General Secretary Xi Jinping, on behalf of the CPC, the government and the people of China and on his own behalf, extended warm congratulations and heartfelt best wishes to General Secretary Kim Jong Un and, through him, to the WPK and the government and the people of the DPRK on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the conclusion of the China-DPRK Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance.

The message said:

In 1961 the leaders of the old generations of China and the DPRK made a strategic decision of concluding the China-DPRK Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, looking far ahead into the future and thus provided an important political and legal basis to consolidate the militant friendship forged with blood by the peoples of the two countries and promote the long-term friendship and cooperation between the two countries.

Over the past 60 years, China and the DPRK, in the spirit of the treaty, have strengthened the fraternal and traditional friendship between the two parties and two countries, promoted the development of the socialist cause and defended peace and stability of the region and the world.

Through a number of meetings with you in recent years, a series of important common understandings have been made to design the prospect of developing the relations between the two parties and two countries and enrich the contemporary content of the China-DPRK friendship. I am willing to strengthen the strategic communication with you to have good direction of advance of the China-DPRK relations and lead the relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries constantly to a new stage and thus provide a greater happiness to the two countries and two peoples.

China resolutely supports the DPRK developing the economy and the people's livelihood and powerfully promoting the cause of socialist construction. I am sure that the Korean Party and people would surely make greater new successes under your leadership, the message added.

   Pyongyang, July 10 (KCNA, RSTV)   

Reception Given by DPRK State Affairs Commission

The State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) hosted a reception on Friday on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the conclusion of the DPRK-China Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance.

Present there were Choe Ryong Hae, Member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and First Vice-President of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, Kim Song Nam, Director of the International Department of the Central Committee of the WPK, Mun Song Hyok, Vice Department Director of the Central Committee of the WPK, Army Lieutenant General Kim Chol Gun, Vice-Minister of National Defence, Pak Myong Ho, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, and other officials concerned.

Present there on invitation were Li Jinjun, Chinese Ambassador to the DPRK, and his embassy members.

Before the reception Vice-President Choe Ryong Hae had a talk with the Ambassador.

Comrade Choe Ryong Hae courteously conveyed warm greeting from Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the WPK, President of the State Affairs of the DPRK and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the DPRK, to Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), President of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the PRC.

He also courteously conveyed congratulations of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un to Ambassador Li Jinjun and his embassy members.

Comrade Li Jinjun expressed deep gratitude for warm greeting from General Secretary Kim Jong Un to General Secretary Xi Jinping on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the conclusion of the China-DPRK Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance.

He also asked Comrade Choe Ryong Hae to convey sincere greeting from the members of his embassy to respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.

Comrade Choe Ryong Hae said:

- Since the conclusion of the DPRK-China Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, the peoples of the two countries have sincerely supported and helped each other, sharing weal and woe, as genuine comrades-in-arms, dear brothers and reliable allies on the road of anti-imperialist independence and socialism.

Though 60 years has passed, the significance of the treaty was never changed at all, but its strategic importance is further emphasized day by day in the present international situation.

The DPRK-China friendship, whose core is socialism, the common ideal of the peoples of the two countries, is comprehensively expanded and developed in line with the new demand of the times amid the direct concern of the top leaders of the two parties and two countries.

The special intimacy between General Secretary Kim Jong Un and General Secretary Xi Jinping is the cornerstone firmly supporting the friendly relations between the two parties and two countries of the DPRK and China and a driving force powerfully propelling their development.

We will firmly support the stand of the Chinese party and government and always be with the Chinese comrades on the road of advancing the socialist cause in the future, too, he stressed.

He expressed the will to make joint efforts with the Chinese comrades to strengthen and develop the DPRK-China relations in all fields including politics, economy and military.

Comrade Li Jinjun said:

- Premier Zhou Enlai and Comrade Kim Il Sung signed the China-DPRK Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in Beijing 60 years ago.

The five rounds of reunion between the supreme leaders of the two parties in the new era emphasize the contemporary meaning of the treaty.

Over the past 60 years after the conclusion of the treaty the two parties and the two countries have advanced the socialist cause, supporting and cooperating with each other and promoted the friendly relations onto a new high stage. 

He said that the common stand recently taken by the two countries on the international arena shows once again the real significance of the treaty, extending thanks to the DPRK for its firm support.

There were toasts at the reception.

Comrade Kim Song Nam said:

- The Great Leader Kim Il Sung and Premier Zhou Enlai concluded the DPRK-China Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, handing it down to posterity as a precious legacy.

Today the DPRK-China friendly relations have greeted a new heyday of their development amid the direct concern of Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, and Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

The Korean people are sincerely rejoiced over the fact that the Chinese people have grandly celebrated the centenary founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China and are making world-startling achievements on the new march for building a modern socialist state under the leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping. I express the belief that the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people would surely accomplish their cause of achieving prosperity of the Chinese nation.

Comrade Li Jinjun said:

- The conclusion of the China-DPRK Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance is a strategic determination made by the leaders of the old generation of the two countries, looking far ahead into the future, and it is a historic event for the two countries. On the basis of the treaty, the two parties and the two countries have powerfully promoted socialism, supporting and cooperating with each other, and thus made a contribution to the regional peace and security.

Since 2018 General Secretary Xi Jinping and General Secretary Kim Jong Un have promoted, through close communication, the China-DPRK friendly relations, the common wealth provided and developed with much effort by the leaders of the old generation, to develop onto a new strategic stage.

The congratulatory message sent by General Secretary Kim Jong Un to General Secretary Xi Jinping on the occasion of the centenary anniversary of the Communist Party of China demonstrated once again the invincible friendship and intimacy between the two parties. I am rejoiced over the fact that the Korean people are concentrating efforts on keeping the spirit of the Eighth Party Congress under the tenacious leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea headed by General Secretary Kim Jong Un and thus achieving fresh successes in socialist construction.

No matter how the regional situation may change, there is no change in the stand of the Chinese party and government toward the Party and government of the DPRK. According to the spirit of the treaty and the common understanding of the supreme leaders of the two parties and the two countries, we will not lose our original intentions but constantly develop the China-DPRK relations and contribute to the well-being of the two peoples and the regional peace and security.

The participants in the reception toasted the eternal strengthening and development of the DPRK-China friendship.

An amicable atmosphere prevailed throughout the reception.