Two days before Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to North Korea, the Chinese ambassador to North Korea highlighted the strategic significance of the North Korea-China relationship and expressed optimism about its development.
According to Yonhap News on June 6, Wang Yajun, the Chinese ambassador to North Korea, emphasized in an article published in the People's Daily that this visit marks Xi's first state visit to North Korea in seven years and his first overseas trip of the year. He stated, "The two leaders will hold an important historical meeting, outlining a direction for a new chapter in North Korea-China relations and sketching a blueprint for the future."
Wang referenced a moment from September of last year when Xi and Kim stood together at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, saying, "Now, the beautiful melody of North Korea-China friendship will resonate in Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang."
He specifically mentioned Xi's description of the North Korea-China relationship as 'good neighbors, good friends, and good comrades,' asserting that this visit will enrich the meaning of the so-called 'Three Goods' and foster greater development in North Korea-China relations.
Wang added, "Regardless of how the international situation changes, under the strategic leadership of the top leaders of both parties and countries, the peoples of both nations can work together to further develop the good neighbor, good friend, and good comrade relationship, inheriting and advancing the traditional friendship between China and North Korea and ensuring stable and long-term development of bilateral relations."
Previously, North Korea's state media and a spokesperson for the Central Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China announced that Xi would visit North Korea at Kim's invitation from June 8 to 9.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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