This year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the DPRK.
The People’s Republic of China is willing to work closely with the North Korean legislature to help relations between the countries reach the “highest level.” This was announced on Thursday, April 11, by the head of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, Zhao Liezi, Reuters reports.
“Maintaining, strengthening and developing relations between China and the DPRK has always been our company’s strategic policy,” Zhao quoted Chinese President Xi Jinping as saying during a meeting with North Korean politician Choe Ren Hae.
In turn, Bloomberg writes that China has sent the highest-level delegation to North Korea in the past five years. The delegation will work in the DPRK until April 13.
According to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning, such a high-level delegation “reflects the deep friendship between the two countries and the great importance China attaches to it.”
The two countries are said to have signed a package of cooperation documents in areas such as mutual abolition of diplomatic and service visas, mutual translation and publication of works of classical literature, customs quarantine, radio and television broadcasting, and postal delivery.
The South Korean Coast Guard detained an unflagged cargo ship bound for Russia off its southern coast in the Sea of Japan on suspicion of violating UN sanctions against the DPRK.
Source: korrespondent
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