Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged that Beijing’s longstanding alliance with North Korea would remain steadfast despite shifting global dynamics, underscoring China’s continued support for Kim Jong Un’s government.
Xi Jinping Says China-North Korea Ties Will Remain Strong
Xi said China’s commitment to its traditional friendship with North Korea would remain unchanged regardless of how the international situation changes, according to letters exchanged with Kim and published Friday by North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency.
Xi said the Chinese Communist Party and government would continue to attach great importance to the traditional friendship between the two countries and would firmly support North Korea’s socialist cause under Kim.
Kim Jong Un Calls Bilateral Ties A ‘New Strategic Level’
Kim, in his letter to Xi, said cooperation and friendship between the neighboring countries had reached a “new strategic level,” signaling closer political alignment between Pyongyang and Beijing.
The exchange of letters coincided with the 65th anniversary of the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, signed on July 11, 1961. The agreement remains China’s only active mutual defense treaty.
High-Level Visits Reinforce China-North Korea Partnership
The messages came as North Korean Premier Pak Thae Song arrived in Beijing on Friday for a three-day visit to commemorate the treaty anniversary.
The anniversary follows Xi’s visit to Pyongyang last month—his first trip to North Korea in seven years—where he and Kim agreed to deepen cooperation across political, economic and cultural sectors.
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