calendar>>September 6. 2009 Juche 98
Wishes for Stronger Sino-DPRK Friendship Expressed
Pyongyang, September 6 (KCNA) -- Dai Bingguo, state councilor of the People's Republic of China, and Yang Jiechi, Chinese foreign minister, separately met and conversed with the delegation of the DPRK Ministry of Foreign Affairs led by its Vice-Minister Kim Yong Il on a visit to China in Beijing on Sept. 4.

Dai Bingguo referred to the fact that events including the opening ceremony of "the year of China-DPRK friendship" were successfully held.

He expressed the belief that the Korean people would open the gate to a great prosperous and powerful nation in 2012, the centenary of birth of President Kim Il Sung.

Yang Jiechi said that he was pleased with the fresh successes made by the Korean people in the socialist construction under the leadership of Kim Jong Il.

Noting that this year marks "the year of China-DPRK friendship" in which falls the 60th anniversary of the establishment of China-DPRK diplomatic relations, he hoped that two countries would continue to preserve the exchange and cooperation in the diplomatic field and the Sino-DPRK friendly and cooperative relations would be further boosted.

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