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Wed, July 6, 2022 | 19:47
China's Xi vows to bolster ties with North Korea in letter to Kim
Posted : 2021-10-23 11:21
Updated : 2021-10-23 13:56
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                                                                                                 Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un take a walk at the Kumsusan State Guesthouse in Pyongyang, in this June 2019 file photo. Yonhap
Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un take a walk at the Kumsusan State Guesthouse in Pyongyang, in this June 2019 file photo. Yonhap

Chinese President Xi Jinping has reaffirmed efforts to strengthen bilateral relations with North Korea, Pyongyang's state media reported Saturday.

Xi made the remarks in a reply to Kim's earlier letter to mark the 72nd Chinese National Day, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

In the reply, Xi said he has highly taken note of relations between North Korea and China, and expressed his willingness to raise bilateral ties to a "new level."

North Korea and China were emphasizing their close relations amid stalemated nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington, and an escalating Sino-U.S. rivalry.

Previously, Kim vowed to raise the Pyongyang-Beijing "friendship to a new strategic point as required by the times and as desired by the peoples of the two countries."

China fought alongside the North against South Korean, U.S. and United Nations troops during the Korean War that ended in an armistice on July 27, 1953. Sunday marks the 70th anniversary of China's entry into the war.

North Korea has been seeking to maintain closer ties with its traditional ally amid the impasse in nuclear negotiations with the United States. (Yonhap)
 
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