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PYONGYANG, Oct. 30 -- Kim Jong Il, the top leader of the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea (DPRK) and general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea,
met here Tuesday with Liu Yunshan, a member of the Political Bureau of the
Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.
Liu conveyed a message to Kim from Hu Jintao, general secretary of the CPC
Central Committee, in which Hu says the new CPC leadership would continue to
attach great importance to and cherish the traditional friendship between China
and the DPRK.
China is willing to work with the DPRK to implement the significant
understandings reached by the two sides in recent years, further deepen the
friendly cooperative relations between China and the DPRK and make greater
contribution to realizing sustained peace and common prosperity in the region,
said Hu in the message.
Kim told Liu that the DPRK highly values the friendship with China, saying the
friendship, which was founded by the older generations of the two countries'
leaders, would not be changed as situation or generations change.
"We're willing to work with China to strengthen communication and coordination
and push forward the DPRK-China relations," said the DPRK leader.
Liu said that the exchanges and cooperation between the two countries in various
fields have been stepped up in recent years and that the two countries have
coordinated closely on international and regional issues.
The Chinese side will continue to be devoted to pushing forward the relations
between the two countries and the two parties, said the CPC official.
Liu also made positive comments on the achievements the DPRK has made in recent
years in developing its economy, overcoming natural disasters and improving the
people's livelihood, adding that the CPC and the Chinese government will firmly
support as always the people of the DPRK in exploring a development path that
confirms to the actual situation in the country.
Kim said that the Chinese people, under the leadership of the CPC with Hu Jintao
as the general secretary, had made a series of great achievements in building a
harmonious society.
The successful convening of the 17th National Congress of the CPC would make the
CPC stronger and it would push ahead more strongly with the building of
socialism with Chinese characteristics, he said.
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