Xi Jinping Sends Handwritten Letter to North Korea's Kim Jong Un: "I Want to Develop North Korea-China Relations"

Chinese President Xi Jinping [Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Bu Aeri] Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a verbal letter to North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un on the 22nd, expressing his intention to develop North Korea-China relations.

According to Xinhua News Agency on the 22nd, Song Tao, head of the International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party, conveyed President Xi's verbal letter during a meeting with Ri Ryong-nam, North Korea's ambassador to China, in Beijing.

President Xi stated, "Under the new circumstances, we want to join hands with our North Korean comrades and work together," adding, "We want to properly maintain, strengthen, and develop North Korea-China relations."

He continued, "We hope that the socialist undertakings of both countries will continuously achieve new results and that the peoples of both countries will become happier."

President Xi remarked, "Currently, a once-in-a-century change in the situation and the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic are overlapping," and "the international and regional situations are undergoing serious changes."

He also stated, "China wants to uphold the political resolution direction of the Korean Peninsula issue together with North Korea and related parties, maintain peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, and make new active contributions to regional peace, stability, development, and prosperity."

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