China, DPRK to further enhance friendship, jointly create bright future
By Li Jinjun
Chinese President Xi Jinping,
also the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of
China (CPC), will pay a state visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea (DPRK) from June 20 to 21 at the invitation of Kim Jong-un, Chairman of
the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and Chairman of the State Affairs Commission
of the DPRK.
President Xi’s visit is of
special significance as it comes at a time when the two countries celebrate the
70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. It will open a
new chapter of bilateral friendship, and become a major and pleasant event of
the year for the two parties, two countries and two peoples, as well as a new
milestone for the relations between the two countries.
At present, the DPRK is preparing
for the reception work. Pyongyang, capital of the DPRK, is filled with a
festive atmosphere, and expectations for President Xi’s visit are running high
across the country.
China and the DPRK are friendly
neighbors linked by mountains and rivers. Over the past 70 years, the two
parties and countries have always treated each other with sincerity and trust, helped
each other, and made concerted efforts no matter in the period of striving for
national independence and national liberation, or during the period of socialist
revolution and construction.
Over the past 70 years,
generations of leaders of both countries maintained close exchanges,
and the people of the two countries always supported and trusted each other
through hardships.
Over the past 70 years, the two
parties, two countries and two peoples worked hard and
collaborated with each other with sincerity to safeguard
independence and sovereignty and maintain regional peace and stability.
Practices have proven that the
friendship between China and the DPRK has withstood the test of the
ever-changing international landscape. The friendship has been deeply rooted in
the hearts of the two peoples and will remain strong and unbreakable.
Since late March last year, President
Xi has held four meetings with Kim in less than 10 months. Both sides exchanged
views on bilateral relations, the tensions on the Korean Peninsula and other
issues of common concern in a comprehensive and in-depth manner. A series of
important consensuses were reached, pointing a direction for the development of
China-DPRK relations in the new era and writing a new chapter of the
traditional friendship.
Furthermore, both heads of state
of the two countries agreed that regardless of any changes in the international
situation, both sides will firmly grasp the general trend and the big picture
of China-DPRK relations, strengthen high-level exchanges, deepen strategic
communication, expand friendly exchanges, and benefit the people in the two
countries and beyond.
Under the promotion and guidance
of the two leaders, bilateral exchanges and cooperation especially in culture
and sports have made steady progress with more dynamism.
Since April 2018, multiple Chinese
delegations including an art troupe, a delegation of celebrities and an athlete
delegation have visited the DPRK, bringing the Chinese people’s friendship to the
DPRK. In January this year, an art troupe from the DPRK paid a visit to China,
and was well-received by Chinese audience. Such exchanges have strengthened the
bond between two countries and built closer relationship between two peoples.
This year marks the 70th
anniversary of the founding of the People's
Republic of China. The country has entered a new era of socialism
with Chinese characteristics. The entire Chinese people are rallying
closely around the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core and
striving to realize the two centenary goals and the Chinese dream of achieving the
great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
The
DPRK people, under the leadership of the WPK headed by Kim Jong-un, are
actively implementing the strategic line of the WPK to concentrate all efforts
of the whole party and the country on the socialist economic construction, and
advancing the socialist construction into a new phase.
The
China-DPRK relationship is standing at a new historical starting point. Both
leaders will have an in-depth exchange of views on issues of common concern
during the upcoming meeting, and draw a blueprint for the China-DPRK relations
in the new era.
It’s
believed that President Xi’s historical visit to the DPRK will continue the
friendship between two countries and further the bilateral relationship so as
to benefit the two countries and the two peoples, and make positive
contributions to the peace, stability, development and prosperity of the region
and even the world at large.
A Korean proverb says that a
neighbor close by is better than a cousin, and there is a similar saying in
China that a near neighbor is better than a distant relative.
China and the DPRK are good
neighbors, good friends and good comrades. Serving as the Chinese Ambassador to the DPRK
for over four years, I have a deep feeling of the profound and close friendship
between the two countries, and also the strong aspirations and expectations
from two parties, countries and peoples on maintaining and further developing
the traditional friendly relationship.
I firmly believe that the
traditional friendly and cooperative relationship between China and the DPRK
will be further enhanced with joint efforts under the care and guidance of the top
leadership of both parties and countries, and President Xi’s state visit to the
DPRK will create an opportunity to usher the relationship into a brighter
future.
(Li Jinjun is the Chinese Ambassador
to the DPRK.)
China, DPRK to further enhance friendship, jointly create bright future
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