Chinese ambassador to N. Korea visits Pyongyang's biggest library: embassy
This image from the website of the Chinese Embassy in North Korea shows Ambassador Wang Yajun, center, touring the Grand People's Study House located at Kim Il-sung Square. Yonhap
China's ambassador to North Korea has visited the country's biggest library in Pyongyang and expressed hope for the development of bilateral relations, according to the website of the embassy on Friday.
Ambassador Wang Yajun visited the Grand People's Study House located at Kim Il-sung Square in the North Korean capital on Tuesday accompanied by Pyongyang-based diplomats, and toured its facilities. He was received by the library's deputy director, according to the embassy's website.
The embassy said the library has long offered Chinese language courses, with each session serving as many as 700 Pyongyang citizens eager to learn Chinese.
It quoted Wang as expressing hope that the North Korean library would strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Chinese institutions to nurture more talent for socialist development, as well as the advancement of bilateral relations between the two countries.
The news came amid signs of Pyongyang and Beijing working to mend ties, which had not been at their best as North Korea recently aligned closely with Russia by deploying troops to support Moscow in the war against Ukraine.
The embassy also disclosed that its charge d'affaires, Feng Chuntai, visited North Korea's northeastern cities of Chongjin and Rason from Sunday to Monday, touring factories and inspecting port facilities.
Bordering the Chinese city of Hunchun, Rason is home to a special economic zone and serves as a key region for North Korea-Chinese economic cooperation.