North Korea’s Kim Jong-un met with China’s ‘3rd in line’ Zhao Leji during his visit to North Korea

2024-04-13 17:50:17

Rodong Sinmun, the organ of the North Korean Workers’ Party, reported on the 13th that the opening ceremony of the ‘North Korea-China Friendship Year’ was held at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater on the 12th. Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, giving a speech at the opening ceremony of the ‘Year of North Korea-China Friendship’
(Pyongyang Rodong Sinmun = News 1) 2024.04.13

Zhao Leji, the third-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, met with Chairman Kim Jong-un of the State Affairs Commission in Pyongyang.

According to Xinhua, a Chinese state-run media outlet, Zhao Leji held a meeting with Kim Jong-un on the 13th and said, “I hope to promote greater development of China-North Korea relations in the new situation.”

Chairman Zhao Leji is classified as the highest-ranking official to visit North Korea since Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to North Korea in June 2019. He arrived in Pyongyang on the 11th and stayed for three days, meeting with Choe Ryong-hae, chairman of the Presidium of the North Korean Supreme People’s Assembly, and attending the opening ceremony of the Year of Friendship commemorating the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between North Korea and China. It appears that a summit meeting between Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un was also discussed during this visit to North Korea.

Zhao Leji, the third-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, visits Gangdong Greenhouse Farm in Pyongyang. Newsis

Chairman Zhao Lezhi met with Chairman Kim that day and said, “I was dispatched by General Secretary Xi Jinping (Chinese Communist Party) and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to lead the Chinese party and government delegation on an official friendly visit to North Korea. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and North Korea. “We have walked together for 75 years, forming friendly relationships as harmonious neighbors, fighting shoulder to shoulder, sharing a common destiny, and developing together,” he said.

He continued, “In the new situation, China hopes to work with North Korea to promote greater development of China-North Korea relations by upholding the noble will of the top leaders of both parties and the two countries and the common will of the people of the two countries.” “We will push to achieve new results, continue to provide strong support to each other, and safeguard the common interests of both sides.”

On the 24th, North Korea’s Workers’ Party General Secretary Kim Jong-un inspected the command center of the 105th Tank Division of the Korean People’s Army Guard Seoul Ryu Gyeong-su and the 1st Tank Armored Infantry Regiment directly under its command.

Chairman Kim responded by saying, “The Chinese party and government delegation’s visit to North Korea and participation in the opening ceremony of the ‘North Korea-China Friendship Year’ (held to mark the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations) sufficiently demonstrated General Secretary Xi Jinping’s friendly affection for the development of North Korea-China relations. “It shows that the roots of North Korea-China relations are deep and solid and cannot be broken,” he said.

“The relationship between the two countries has continuously developed in line with the demands of the new era and has reached a new, higher level,” he said. “North Korea is strengthening cooperation with China in various fields and exchanging national governance experiences to maintain traditional friendship.” “We want to deepen and write a new chapter in North Korea-China relations,” he said.

Choi Jae-ho, Donga.com reporter [email protected]

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2024-04-13 17:50:17