North Korea sides with China in US-China conflict: "Hong Kong is Chinese territory"

"No Other Country Has the Right to Interfere"
"An Inseparable Territory Subject to China's Constitution"

In June 2019, Xi Jinping (left), President of China, visiting Pyongyang, is shaking hands with Kim Jong-un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea.

As China passed the Hong Kong National Security Law (Hong Kong Security Law), intensifying the new Cold War dynamics between the United States and China, North Korea has openly sided with China. North Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs evaluated the draft resolution of the Hong Kong Security Law by the National People's Congress (NPC) of China as a legitimate measure and expressed support for the Chinese government.

According to North Korea's state media, Korean Central News Agency, on the 30th, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to a question from a KCNA reporter by stating, "China's adoption of the decision at the 3rd session of the 13th National People's Congress to establish and improve the legal system and enforcement mechanisms to safeguard national security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region based on the Chinese Constitution and the Hong Kong Basic Law is a legitimate measure."

The spokesperson pointed out, "Recently, a serious situation threatening China's 'One Country, Two Systems' principle and national security has arisen in Hong Kong," adding, "This is the product of conspiracies by external forces and their followers who seek to tarnish the image of a socialist country, incite and expand social chaos, and divide and undermine China."

He continued, "The Hong Kong issue is strictly an internal matter of China, and no country or force has the right to interfere in it. We firmly oppose and reject external interference that harms Hong Kong's stability and socio-economic development," targeting the United States and others who criticized China's enforcement of the Hong Kong Security Law.

The spokesperson defined Hong Kong as "an inseparable territory where China's sovereignty is exercised and the constitution is applied," and added, "We fully support the measures taken by the Chinese Party and government to safeguard the country's sovereignty, security, and territorial stability, and to achieve Hong Kong's stability and prosperity based on the 'One Country, Two Systems' policy."

This stance by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs appears to highlight the North Korea-China friendly relationship by siding with China amid escalating conflicts between China and the United States over the Hong Kong Security Law.

Recently, North Korea has been emphasizing its friendly relations with China.

North Korea's external propaganda media, Naenara, reexamined the statue of former Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai erected in Hungnam, Hamgyongnam-do, on the 28th. The statue of former Premier Zhou has often been used as a symbol of North Korea-China friendship.

Last month, the North Korean embassy in China also displayed photos of meetings between North Korean State Chairman Kim Il-sung and Chinese national leaders Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and Zhou Enlai.

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