Li Peng on Sino-Korean friendship
Pyongyang, January 26 (KCNA) -- Li Peng, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, said that China would continue to maintain friendly relations with the DPRK, noting that China and the DPRK, neighborly countries, have a long history of friendship. He met and conversed in a friendly atmosphere with a delegation of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly led by Chairman Choe Thae Bok which was participating in the meeting of the executive council of the Asian Parliamentary Association for Peace at the Great Hall of the People on Jan. 24.China hopes that peace and stability will be maintained on the Korean Peninsula, he said.
He wished the Korean people success in defending the security of the country and developing the economy under the leadership of Kim Jong Il.
