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Rodong Sinmun on Successful China Visit of DPRK Delegation

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, October 22 (KCNA) -- The recent visit paid by a DPRK delegation to China on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the opening of diplomatic ties between the two countries demonstrated the DPRK-China friendship daily developing on good terms and it marked an important milestone in further consolidating and developing the bilateral friendly and cooperative relations with time-honored historic roots, declares Rodong Sinmun in an editorial Friday. Noting that the DPRK-China friendship is being boosted to a new, higher stage amid the deep concern of the leaders of the two countries in accord with the common desire and aim of the two peoples and the demand of the new era and the trend of the developing international relations, the editorial continues:
    The several China visits of leader Kim Jong Il and Korea visits of senior officials of the party and state of China in recent years were historical events that lifted DPRK-China friendship to a new phase. Especially, it was a remarkable event brilliantly decorating the chronicle of this friendship that Kim Jong Il visited China in April and had cordial meetings and talks with the new collective leadership of China, registering an enormous success.
    The China visit of a DPRK state delegation in the wake of the visit to the DPRK by a party and government delegation of China on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries put fresh vitality into friendship between the two countries and this delighted the two peoples.
    The boosting of bilateral friendly relations is the driving force in creating an international climate favorable for ensuring peace and security in Asia and propelling socialist construction in the two countries. It is a consistent stand of the party and government of the DPRK to steadily strengthen the bonds of traditional DPRK-China friendship, concludes the editorial.