Chinese vice president kicks off visit to DPRK
17/6/2008 16:30
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang this morning on an
official good-will visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
(DPRK).
During his three-day visit to the DPRK, Xi will meet with leaders of
the country to exchanges views on bilateral relations and other issues of common
concern.
This is the first overseas visit that Xi made since he assumed
office earlier this year.
He was greeted by Yang Hyong Sop, vice president of
the Presidium of Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, at the airport.
In a
statement released at the airport, Xi said under the care of top leaders of both
countries and by joint efforts of the two sides, relations between China and the
DPRK, the friendly neighbors connected by land and rivers, have been moving
forward.
He said it is the firm and unchangeable policy of the Communist
Party of China (CPC) and the Chinese government to continuously consolidate and
develop China-DPRK friendly and cooperative relations.
China is willing to
join hands with the DPRK to further bilateral exchanges and cooperation in all
fields so as to benefit the two peoples and make greater contribution to the
lasting peace and common prosperity of the region, he said.
Xi expressed the
belief that the visit will further strengthen the traditional friendship between
the two countries and peoples, promote bilateral exchange and cooperation in all
fields and advance the China-DPRK friendly, cooperative relations.
Xi, also a
member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central
Committee, is paying the visit at the invitation of the Central Committee of the
Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and the DPRK government.
In his statement, Xi
expressed greetings and good wishes to the WPK, and the DPRK government and
people. He said China is glad to see that under the leadership of Kim Jong Il,
general secretary of the WPK, the DPRK people have made great achievements in
socialist revolution and construction.
Noting the DPRK is to mark the 60th
anniversary of its founding this year, Xi expressed his warm congratulations on
the occasion.
He extended the wish that the DPRK people continue to make
greater achievements in all causes in the future.
The DPRK is the first leg
of his five Asian nation tour, which will also take him to Mongolia, Saudi
Arabia, Qatar and Yemen.
Xinhua
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