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57th Anniversary of PRC Observed

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

   Pyongyang, October 1 (KCNA) -- Papers here today dedicate designed articles to the 57th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, which say that the Korean people extend congratulations and friendly greetings to the Chinese people on their national day. After the foundation of the PRC the Chinese people have made strenuous efforts to create a new life and build a new socialist China, Rodong Sinmun points out, and says: The Chinese people are proud of great progress in sweeping away backwardness and poverty, face-lifting the country and modernizing socialism with Chinese characteristics.
    They are now working hard to consolidate their achievements and attain a higher goal under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. Hastening in China is the work to build a comprehensively well off society till 2020. They are all out in the drive to achieve socio-economic progress and prosperity and reunification of the whole country. Their struggle for socialist modernization and reunification of the country is steadily developing in depth. The Korean people are rejoiced over their achievements.
    The two peoples have the long-standing history of friendship. The Korea-China friendship is a precious heritage provided and bequeathed by the elder leaders of the two countries and a treasure common to the two peoples.
    To develop the Korea-China friendship is the common desire of the two parties and the two peoples. It is the consistent stand of the Workers' Party of Korea and the government of the DPRK to develop the Korea-China friendship.
    The development of the friendship is helpful to socialist construction in the two countries, ensuring peace and security in Asia and the rest of the world and establishing a fair international order.
    The DPRK will as ever strive to develop the friendship in the common interests of the two peoples.
    Minju Joson stresses that the Chinese people's drive for socialist modernization will emerge victorious.