Chinese President Hu Jintao (R Front)
meets with Premier of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim
Yong Il (L Front) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of
China, March 19, 2009. (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng) Photo
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BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu
Jintao met Thursday with the Premier of the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea (DPRK), Kim Yong Il.
Hu reviewed 60 years of China-DPRK ties, saying the
friendship, initiated and fostered by the older generation of leaders, had
withstood the test of international and domestic changes.
"The friendship, which has kept developing, has
become the common treasure of both nations," Hu said.
The DPRK was among the first countries to establish
diplomatic relations with China. The two countries forged diplomatic relations
on Oct. 6, 1949, days after the People's Republic of China was founded.
Hu said the Communist Party of China and the Chinese
government attach great importance to ties with the DPRK. China would like to
work with the DPRK for a better good-neighbor cooperation.
Kim came to China on an official goodwill visit and
launched the China-DPRK Friendship Year in Beijing, a year-long exchange program
marking the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations.
"We should take the opportunity of the friendship
year to carry forward our traditional friendship, deepen strategic communication
and promote substantive cooperation for a stronger bilateral relations," Hu
said.
On the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, Hu said a
question confronting all parties concerned was how to overcome what he termed
the current difficulties and resume the six-party talks at an early date.
"We hope parties concerned will take the overall
situation into consideration and properly resolve the differences in a bid to
promote the further progress of the talks," Hu said.
Initiated in 2003, the talks involve China, the DPRK,
the United States, the Republic of Korea, Russia and Japan. The last round of
talks, held in Beijing in December, failed to make any substantive progress.
Kim, who was on his first visit to China since taking
office in April 2007, hailed the deeply rooted DPRK-China friendship.
"Under the leadership of both countries, DPRK-China
relations have developed soundly in recent years," Kim said.
He said the DPRK would unswervingly develop friendly
cooperation with China and carry forward the bilateral traditional friendship.
"The DPRK will, as always, make unremitting efforts
to cement and develop friendly ties with China," he said.
Kim said the DPRK people were happy about the
significant achievements the Chinese people had made in economic and social
development.
During his five-day visit, Kim first traveled to east
China's Shandong Province and talked with his Chinese counterpart, Wen Jiabao,
Wednesday.
Wu Bangguo (R Front), chairman of the
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top
legislature, meets with Premier of the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea (DPRK) Kim Yong Il (L Front) at the Great Hall of the People in
Beijing, capital of China, March 19, 2009. (Xinhua/Li Tao) Photo
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BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Senior officials from China
and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday expressed the
hope to jointly promote the development of bilateral ties.
At a meeting with DPRK Premier Kim Yong Il in
Beijing, Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's
Congress (NPC), hailed the development of relations since the two countries
forged diplomatic ties in 1949. Full story
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) and his
counterpart of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Yong
Il wave during a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the
establishment of the China-DPRK diplomatic relations and the launch of the
China-DPRK Friendship Year in Beijing, capital of China, March 18, 2009.
(Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng) Photo
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BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) -- With folk dances and songs,
China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Wednesday unveiled
their year-long exchange program, "China-DPRK Friendship Year."
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his DPRK counterpart,
Kim Yong Il, attended the premiere of friendship year, together with ministers
of foreign affairs, trade and culture of both countries. Full story
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) meets
with his counterpart of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
Kim Yong Il at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China,
March 18, 2009. (Xinhua/Li Tao) Photo
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BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen
Jiabao on Wednesday held talks with his counterpart from the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea (DPRK), Kim Yong Il. Full story
BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Premier of the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Yong Il arrived in Beijing Wednesday
afternoon after traveling to Shandong Province as part of his 5-day official
goodwill visit to China.
During the first leg of his visit, Kim met with local
provincial officials Tuesday in Jinan, capital of Shandong. He said the
traditional bilateral friendship nurtured by leaders of older generations had
witnessed sound development over the years. Full story
JINAN, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The Premier of the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Kim Yong Il, has vowed closer cooperation
with east China's Shandong Province.
Kim arrived in Beijing Tuesday before traveling to
Jinan, capital of Shandong, on his first China trip as premier. The visit, made
at the invitation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, is scheduled to end March
21. Full story
Visiting Premier of the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Yong Il(L) talks with Jiang Yikang
(R), secretary of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party
of China (CPC) during their meeting in Jinan, capital of east China's
Shandong Province, March 17, 2009. Kim kicked off his official goodwill
visit to China Tuesday.(Xinhua/Zhu Zheng) Photo
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Visiting Premier of the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Yong Il (FRONT) arrives in Jinan,
capital of east China's Shandong Province, March 17, 2009. Kim kicked off
his official goodwill visit to China Tuesday. (Xinhua/Zhu
Zheng) Photo
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BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Premier of the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Yong Il arrived here Tuesday morning,
kicking off his official goodwill visit to China.
During his five-day visit to China, Kim will meet and hold
talks with Chinese state leaders, and attend a ceremony marking the 60th
anniversary of the China-DPRK diplomatic relationship and the opening of the
China-DPRK Friendship Year in 2009. Full story
