SEOUL, Jul 29 (Yonhap) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un stressed that the “blood ties” with China would continue from generation to generation as he visited a monument symbolizing the ties friendship between the two countries, the North Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Thursday.
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Yesterday Kim visited the Friendship Tower in Pyongyang which was erected to commemorate China’s participation in the Korean War (1950-1953) and laid a wreath to mark the 68th anniversary of the armistice which ended the war, according to the KCNA.
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“The noble spirit and the exploits of the Chinese people who have supported the historic sacred struggle of the Korean people at the cost of their blood when the DPRK was going through the hardest and most difficult trials will remain immortal,” Kim said. ‘agency.
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“The DPRK-China friendship forged as blood ties will continue steadfastly from generation to generation in the future for the common cause,” he said, referring to the North’s official name, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. .
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Senior officials accompanied Kim, including Jo Yong-won, secretary in charge of organizational affairs of the Labor Party Central Committee, Ri Pyong-chol, vice-chairman of the Party Central Committee who was reportedly dismissed from his post as a member of the Labor Party. Party presidium in a recent reshuffle.
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North Korea and China highlighted their close and friendly relations amid deadlock over nuclear negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington and heightened Sino-US rivalry.
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Earlier this month, Kim and Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged messages to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the signing of their friendship treaty and underlined their commitment to further strengthen ties between the two countries.
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