Xi says ready to deepen long-term ties with North Korea

BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping has said he is ready to work with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to promote the long-term and stable development of bilateral relations, North Korea’s state media reported on Sunday.Xi made the remarks in a message responding to Kim’s congratulations on the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).Expressing his “sincere” thanks to Kim, Xi said the Chinese Communist Party and North Korea’s Workers’ Party of Korea are both “Marxist ruling parties.””I am ready to lead the China-DPRK relations to a long-term, sound and stable development and thus promote the stable and long-term development of the socialist cause of the two countries,” Xi said in the message.DPRK is the official name of North Korea, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.Xi visited Pyongyang in June for a two-day state visit, his first trip to North Korea in seven years.China and North Korea are marking the 65th anniversary of the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, which was signed on July 11, 1961.BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping has said he is ready to work with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to promote the long-term and stable development of bilateral relations, North Korea’s state media reported on Sunday.Xi made the remarks in a message responding to Kim’s congratulations on the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).Expressing his “sincere” thanks to Kim, Xi said the Chinese Communist Party and North Korea’s Workers’ Party of Korea are both “Marxist ruling parties.””I am ready to lead the China-DPRK relations to a long-term, sound and stable development and thus promote the stable and long-term development of the socialist cause of the two countries,” Xi said in the message.DPRK is the official name of North Korea, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.Xi visited Pyongyang in June for a two-day state visit, his first trip to North Korea in seven years.China and North Korea are marking the 65th anniversary of the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, which was signed on July 11, 1961.