The Chinese Embassy in North Korea held a New Year’s banquet with high-ranking North Korean officials, once again strengthening friendly relations between the two countries.
On the 2nd, the Labor Party’s official newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, reported, “The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Korea held a 2024 New Year’s banquet on the 1st.”
On the Chinese side, which organized the banquet on this day, Ambassador Wang Yajun, Liu Hui-an (Liu Huiyan), a standing member of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China who was visiting North Korea, members of the Liaoning Province cultural delegation, Chinese embassy officials, and overseas Chinese attended. .
On the North Korean side, Kang Yun-seok, Vice Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly, Vice Minister of the Workers’ Party Moon Song-hyuk, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Myeong-ho, Vice Minister of Culture and Culture Park Kyung-chol, and Chairman of the North Korea-China Friendship Association Park Gyeong-il were invited.
Participants from both countries wished the health of Workers’ Party General Secretary Kim Jong-un and Chinese President Xi Jinping and pledged to successfully manage this year’s ‘North Korea-China Friendship Year’ and to strengthen and develop friendly and cooperative relations, the newspaper explained.
Ambassador Wang said, “The China-North Korea friendship is a traditional friendship that has been personally prepared and cultivated by the leaders of the two countries.” He added, “Under the firm leadership and strategic guidance of Comrade General Secretary Xi Jinping and Comrade General Secretary Kim Jong-un, we will continue to move forward and together open a beautiful future for the two peoples. “He said.
He added, “This year, even if difficulties and difficulties overlap and challenges continue on the road to progress, both China and North Korea will support each other and firmly hold hands to achieve tomorrow’s dreams.”
Vice Chairman Kang said, “Under the deep interest and guidance of the leaders of the two countries, the traditional friendly relationship between North Korea and China has been strengthened and developed in various fields over the past year, and the bond of friendship between the peoples of the two countries has become stronger,” adding, “The Chinese people have Comrade Xi Jinping as the core.” “I hope that new achievements will be achieved in the struggle to realize the revival of the Chinese nation under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party,” he responded.
Source: Donga
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