North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un has reportedly praised his country’s close ties with neighboring China and is trying to strengthen their ties, as both deal with the hostile policies of the United States.
Kim’s message first appeared on China’s state-run Xinhua News Network, which reported on Monday that Chinese President Xi Jinping had exchanged voice messages with the North Korean ruler via representatives of China, officially the People’s Republic of China, and North Korea, formally the Democratic People’s Council. Republic of Korea. The exchange was then carried out by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency.
Kim informed Xi of the results of his ruling Korean Labor Party 8th Party Congress, “as required by the times that the strategic communication between the two parties must be sharpened on the basis of deep camaraderie.”
According to Kim, the event “set out scientific and realistic battle lines and strategic and tactical tasks to bring about a new innovation in party and state affairs, as required by the changed internal and external situations and reality.”
He said the case had taken ‘practical measures to strengthen the leadership and efficiency of the Party, to bring about its healthy development and to consolidate the state and social system, and to direct the progress and struggle policy of the Korean to determine revolution, including discussion of and decision on the economic strategy and a new long-term plan at the present stage. ‘
Kim also touched on Pyongyang’s recent turnaround over Washington and Seoul.
“Informed in detail that the WPK discussed its policy position on strengthening the country’s defense capabilities, inter-Korean relations and the DPRK-US relations and decided after an in-depth study and analysis of the situations of the Korean Peninsula and the international relations, ‘the message of Kim’, emphasizes the need to strengthen the unity and cooperation between the two parties and two countries in order to meet the overall challenges and hindering movements of the enemy forces. ‘
Kim said it was the will of his party and people “to vigorously promote the cause of socialism through friendship and unity. The message expressed the conviction that the co – operation between the two parties will continue to go well and the friendly relations between the two countries. would become stronger, as required by time and in accordance with the desires, wishes and core interests of the two peoples this important year. ‘
In 2021, the centenary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party as well as the 60th anniversary of the conclusion of the DPRC-China Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Aid, the only defense treaty any country has with any other nation, will be celebrated. .
Kim eventually “wished Xi Jinping good health and greater success in carrying out his duty to lead the CPC and the Chinese people,” according to the Korean Central News Agency’s report.
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Xinhua and other Chinese state-run media offered their own narration of the messages, which were allegedly conveyed by senior diplomats.
In remarks by North Korean Ambassador to China Ri Ryong Nam, Kim gave a comprehensive information session of the 8th Party Congress and praised Xi’s leadership of his Chinese Communist Party, including “the Chinese people have succeeded in the worldwide to combat public health. crisis and has made remarkable achievements in completing the construction of a moderately prosperous society in all respects and in the fight for the complete eradication of poverty, “Xinhua said.
Kim took ‘the unwavering position’ on behalf of himself, the Korean Labor Party and the people of North Korea ‘to strengthen and develop the relations between North Korea and China to the envy of the world, and the socialist cause with friendship and to bring solidarity to the fore. and added that the DPRK party firmly believes that the friendship relations between DPRK and China will be lifted and developed in accordance with the requirements of the time as well as the aspirations, wishes and fundamental interests of the two peoples. “
The Chinese Minister of International Affairs of the Communist Party, Song Tao, congratulated Xi on his party congress and ‘said that the traditional friendship between China and North Korea is a precious treasure shared by the two parties, two countries and two peoples shared. ‘
“In the new situation, the Chinese side is ready to work with the DPRK comrades to maintain, consolidate and develop China-DPRK relations, and to strive for new results in the socialist affairs of both countries. to provide both more benefits. peoples, ”he added.
Xi noted that ‘the world is now undergoing transformations that are rarely seen in a century, overlapped by the once-in-a-century pandemic’, saying that events across Asia and the world are also ‘profound changes’ offer.
“The Chinese side is prepared to work with the DPRK side and other related parties in the direction of the political settlement of the Korean Peninsula issue and to maintain peace and stability on the peninsula,” Xi said. make new and positive contributions to regional peace, stability, development and prosperity. ‘
The close ties between China and North Korea date back to the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949, and the outbreak of the Korean War in the last one year later, a conflict in which Chinese troops supported North Korean troops, with the support of the Soviet Union. , against South Korea and a United Nations coalition led by the United States. The fighting ended with a stalemate and the establishment of a ceasefire, but no official peace, a situation that continues to this day.
Beijing has since been by far the closest foreign partner of Pyongyang, although Chinese leadership has not endorsed the development of nuclear weapons of the Kim dynasty.
China has offered to play a role in resolving continuing hostilities on the Korean Peninsula, and the topic came up during the very first meeting between Chinese officials and US delegates to President Joe Biden’s government. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said the two parties “exchanged views on the matter” with a number of others, “and agreed to maintain and improve communication and coordination.”
But the public parts of the debut conversation were at times tense, and Washington’s side began some of the most controversial tasks between the two top powers and then sought a ‘position of strength’.
However, North Korea was also among the list of topics in which the US and China ‘crossed’ interests, “Foreign Minister Antony Blinken told reporters on Friday after the Alaska dialogue.
On the same day, however, the North Korean Foreign Ministry issued a statement citing the troubled history of Pyongyang and Washington, which is referred to as “the main enemy of our state” in remarks addressing Kim’s 8th Party Congress speech .
“The relationship between the DPRK and the US – the most hostile on this planet – has been technically in a state of war for more than 70 years,” the ministry said in a statement on Friday, “and it appears to be an unmistakable reality.” “
The statement hit Malaysia over the unprecedented extradition of North Korean citizen Mun Chol Myong from the Southeast Asian country to the US on charges of financial fraud. The ministry also warned Malaysia and “warned in advance that the US – the backstage manipulator and the main culprit of this incident – would also be paid to pay a due price.”
The remarks were just the latest in a series of loud messages from North Korea. The first deputy minister, Choe Son Hui, confirmed on Thursday that Pyongyang on Thursday ignored the revelations for the Biden government talks on the grounds that Washington’s ‘hostile policies’ must first be reversed, and the director of the Korean Workers’ Party, the central committee of Korean workers, Kim Yo Jong, last week “took the opportunity to warn the new US government to give off hard powder odor in our country.”
“If he wants to sleep in peace for the next four years, it must be better not to stink at the first step,” Kim Yo Jong, Kim Jong Un’s sister, said at the time about Biden’s government.
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Biden’s government has said it is reviewing the US approach to North Korea after former President Donald Trump tried in vain to deny an agreement with Kim Jong Un for peace and sanctions, and became the first US president to North Korean meet. supreme leader.
“The United States is conducting a thorough investigation into US policy towards North Korea and we are also evaluating all available options to address the growing threat from North Korea as well as its neighbors and, frankly, our international community,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Friday. “And we will continue to lead a structured and detailed policy process that includes a diverse set of voices from both government and non-government, including think tanks and outside experts. “
Biden sent Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to South Korea and Japan just before the U.S.-China talks in Alaska, and discussed a strategy for “denying North Korea” at both stops. The phrase also appeared for the first time earlier this month in the context of the quadrangular security dialogue, a group that includes Australia, India, Japan and the US, all of which sounded the alarm about a suspected threat posed by China.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jalina Porter confirmed this view on Monday when asked about Mun’s extradition.
“I will just repeat once again that the United States is committed to unleashing North Korea, and all other details that I will have to refer back to,” Porter told reporters during a regular briefing.
As for Kim Jong Un, his 8th Party Congress was a departure from the failed approach under Trump, and the ruler stated that North Korea would adopt a strategy towards the US and show solidarity with the anti-imperialist, independent powers. would gradually expand. ‘
North Korea and China are among the 17 parties that have signed with an international group known as the “Group of Friends in Defense of the United Nations Charter”, which earlier this month shared its call for additional members with Newsweek.