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Kim Jong Il Greets Chinese Party and State Leaders

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, September 30 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, together with Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, and Pak Pong Ju, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, Thursday sent a message of greetings to Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, chairman of the Central Military Commission of the CPC and president of the People's Republic of China, Jiang Zemin, chairman of the Central Military Commission of the PRC, Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the PRC, and Wen Jiabao, premier of the State Council of the PRC, on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the PRC. Over the last 55 years since the foundation of the PRC, the hard-working and resourceful Chinese people have made vigorous endeavours to firmly defend the gains of revolution attained at the cost of blood, eradicate backwardness and poverty and modernize the country under the leadership of the Communist Party of China and thus brought about a great change in the vast land of China, the message said.
    Today the Chinese party, government and people are registering great achievements in the work to attain the goals at a higher stage to build a socialist power with Chinese characteristics and reunify the whole country and the position of China is rising in the international arena day by day, it said, sincerely wishing the Chinese party and state leaders more shining success in their work to unite all the people and build a comprehensively well off society under the leadership of the CPC headed by Hu Jintao.
    Steadily expanding and developing the DPRK-China friendship not only conforms with the common desire of the two peoples but greatly contributes to ensuring the peace and security in Asia and the rest of the world, the me ssage said, and noted: It is the consistent stand of the WPK and the DPRK government to set store by and consolidate and develop the DPRK-China friendship.
    Expressing the belief that the DPRK-China friendship will develop more viably and comprehensively in the future thanks to the common efforts of the two parties, governments and peoples, the message wholeheartedly wished the PRC prosperity and the Chinese people happiness.