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N. Korea, China Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Friendship Treaty
NORTH KOREA NEWSLETTER NO. 166 (July 14, 2011)
*** TOPIC OF THE WEEK
N. Korea, China Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Friendship Treaty
SEOUL (Yonhap) -- Amid North Korea's increasing dependence on China, the two allies celebrated the 50th anniversary of the signing of their bilateral treaty of friendship and mutual assistance early this week. On July 11, 1961, North Korea and China signed the Sino-North Korean Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between then-North Korean President Kim Il-sung and then-Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai.
Since last week, the two countries have held a variety of events commemorating the signing of the treaty, with each country sending a high-profile delegation to the other's capital in a gesture of their solid alliance.
Yang Hyong-sop, vice president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, led a delegation to Beijing. From China, Zhang Dejiang, a deputy vice premier of the State Council, visited Pyongyang with a delegation.
North Korea's state-run media praised the relations between the two countries and emphasized the need to continue friendship and mutual cooperation in every field.
Also, cultural exchanges were made between the two countries, with each country sending its art troupe to perform at cultural events.
On the eve of the signing anniversary, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and Chinese President Hu Jintao vowed to further strengthen ties between their countries in an exchange of letters. In a letter to the Chinese president sent on July 10, Kim said the treaty between the countries helped promote socialist ideas and ensured peace and stability in Northeast Asia, according to a report by the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
"It is the steadfast stand of the party and the government of the DPRK (North Korea) to steadily consolidate the DPRK-China friendly and cooperative relations, the precious legacy and common treasure handed down by the leaders of the elder generations of the two countries generation after generation," the letter said, according to the KCNA report.
Hu repeated the call for stronger North Korea-China ties. "The Sino-DPRK friendship is the one which was provided by the leaders of the elder generations of the two countries and cultivated with sincerity by them and which has stood the tests of history and is deeply rooted in the minds of the two peoples," he said in a letter to the North Korean leader, according to the KCNA.
"It is the firm strategic policy of the Chinese party and government to steadily consolidate and develop the Sino-DPRK friendly and cooperative relations," Hu's letter said.
Kim insisted on July 13 that his regime's friendship with China remains strong and steady despite a leadership transition and external pressure.
Meeting with a high-level Chinese delegation in Pyongyang, the North's leader said the two sides "powerfully demonstrated before the world the tremendous vitality of the DPRK-China friendship, which remains unchanged no matter how much water flows under the bridge and no matter how frequently a generation is replaced by another," according to a KCNA report.
Kim's third son, Kim Jong-un, believed to be in line to take over power, also attended the meeting, it added.
"It (the treaty) was a great event in the history of the bilateral relations," Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang, the head of the delegation, told Kim, the KCNA reported.
Zhang was quoted as saying that Beijing will "steadfastly carry forward the baton of the traditional and special Sino-DPRK friendship and honestly implement the wide-ranging agreements reached between the top leaders of the two countries."
In a separate report, China's Xinhua News Agency said Zhang pointed out that Kim's three recent trips to China helped "infuse strong power" into their bilateral relations. Beijing is ready to work with Pyongyang to deepen their communications and cooperation in various fields and further boost the friendship, he added.
Amid the North's deepening economic reliance on China, the two partners still boast of their deep blood ties at home and abroad.
North Korea has increasingly been looking to its largest ally, China, for food and other economic assistance, especially since South Korea cut off its aid to the impoverished North in retaliation for Pyongyang's recent armed provocations and continued nuclear ambitions.
North Korea is under unrelenting pressure from the United States and South Korea to tone down its hostility and resume diplomatic dialogue.
Kim and Hu met in Beijing in May when Kim made his third trip to China in just over one year. Kim's recent trips are the most frequent visits the reclusive North Korean leader has ever made to the neighboring country.
However, China's pledge to improve its ties with North Korea, though it has made such promises annually for the past 50 years, comes amid calls by the international community for Beijing to use its influence on Pyongyang to put an end to the North's nuclear ambition. North Korea conducted nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009.
Pyongyang has been boycotting six-nation talks on ending its nuclear programs since late 2008, though it has recently shown willingness to return to the multilateral negotiations that also involve South Korea, China, Japan, Russia and the United States.
China, the host of the talks, has been trying to reopen the negotiations since the North quit the talks in 2008, but its efforts hit a stumbling block last year when the North sank a South Korean warship and bombed a South Korean island, killing a total of 50 South Koreans, including two civilians.
Despite the changing international situation, North Korea and China have boasted of their unchangeable relations in recent years. To celebrate the treaty's anniversary, North Korea's state-run media highly praised the current friendly and cooperative ties between the two countries.
The North's main newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, extended warm congratulations and friendly greetings to the Chinese people, saying, "The DPRK-China friendship is blossoming with each passing day thanks to the deep care and energetic activities of the top leaders of the two countries."
"The solidity and unbreakable nature of the DPRK-China friendship have been clearly proved in the severe tests and ordeals of history," said the newspaper published by the North's Workers' Party.
Also on July 11, the KCNA said the (North) Korean and Chinese people provided the tradition of friendship, closely cooperating with each other through centuries, based on revolutionary obligation.
"The DPRK-China friendship provided by leaders of elder generations of the two countries was strengthened with the Chinese people resisting America and aiding (North) Korea during the Korean War," it said. "The revolutionaries and people of the two countries consolidated their unity and friendship through anti-Japanese and anti-U.S. battles, sharing the same destiny."
Mentioning Kim Jong-il's recent trip to China, the news agency said, "His latest China visit in May proved that the DPRK-China friendship with a long history and tradition is a well-tried, indestructible one which will remain unchanged through generations."
On July 12, Chinese President Hu warmly welcomed the North Korean delegation in Beijing, headed by Yang Hyong-sop. The KCNA reported that the Chinese president said the two countries have respected, supported and cooperated, and steadily encouraged each other to boost the relations of friendship and cooperation in the spirit of the treaty for the past five decades.
Meanwhile, the North Korean embassy in Beijing held a reception on July 10 to mark the 50th anniversary with the presence of Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo and other Chinese officials.
On hand from the North Korean side was the DPRK friendship delegation led by Yang, the delegation of the North Korea-China Friendship Association led by Minister of Public Health Choe Chang-sik and Ambassador Ji Jae-ryong, and staff members of the embassy.
In a speech, Dai Bingguo stressed the need to re-energize mutual visits of personnel of the two countries, intensify the strategic mutual understanding and deepen technical and multilateral cooperation to put the China-North Korea relations on a higher stage. In Pyongyang on July 11, a reception was given at the People's Palace of Culture on the occasion of the treaty's 50th anniversary. It was co-sponsored by the North's Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries and the Central Committee of the DPRK-China Friendship Association.
Attending the reception were the friendship delegation of China led by Zhang Dejiang, members of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party and other key officials.
From the North Korean side were Choe Thae-bok, who is a member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party, and Ro Tu-chol, the vice premier of the Cabinet,
In Pyongyang on July 10, Chinese Ambassador to North Korea Liu Hongcai held a reception at the Yanggakdo International Hotel in Pyongyang with the presence of North Korean Premier Choe Yong-rim and other key North Korean figures from the ruling party, military and the Cabinet. Also present there were a friendship delegation of China led by Zhang Dejiang and other Chinese officials.
*** TOPIC OF THE WEEK
N. Korea, China Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Friendship Treaty
SEOUL (Yonhap) -- Amid North Korea's increasing dependence on China, the two allies celebrated the 50th anniversary of the signing of their bilateral treaty of friendship and mutual assistance early this week. On July 11, 1961, North Korea and China signed the Sino-North Korean Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between then-North Korean President Kim Il-sung and then-Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai.
Since last week, the two countries have held a variety of events commemorating the signing of the treaty, with each country sending a high-profile delegation to the other's capital in a gesture of their solid alliance.
Yang Hyong-sop, vice president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, led a delegation to Beijing. From China, Zhang Dejiang, a deputy vice premier of the State Council, visited Pyongyang with a delegation.
North Korea's state-run media praised the relations between the two countries and emphasized the need to continue friendship and mutual cooperation in every field.
Also, cultural exchanges were made between the two countries, with each country sending its art troupe to perform at cultural events.
On the eve of the signing anniversary, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and Chinese President Hu Jintao vowed to further strengthen ties between their countries in an exchange of letters. In a letter to the Chinese president sent on July 10, Kim said the treaty between the countries helped promote socialist ideas and ensured peace and stability in Northeast Asia, according to a report by the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
"It is the steadfast stand of the party and the government of the DPRK (North Korea) to steadily consolidate the DPRK-China friendly and cooperative relations, the precious legacy and common treasure handed down by the leaders of the elder generations of the two countries generation after generation," the letter said, according to the KCNA report.
Hu repeated the call for stronger North Korea-China ties. "The Sino-DPRK friendship is the one which was provided by the leaders of the elder generations of the two countries and cultivated with sincerity by them and which has stood the tests of history and is deeply rooted in the minds of the two peoples," he said in a letter to the North Korean leader, according to the KCNA.
"It is the firm strategic policy of the Chinese party and government to steadily consolidate and develop the Sino-DPRK friendly and cooperative relations," Hu's letter said.
Kim insisted on July 13 that his regime's friendship with China remains strong and steady despite a leadership transition and external pressure.
Meeting with a high-level Chinese delegation in Pyongyang, the North's leader said the two sides "powerfully demonstrated before the world the tremendous vitality of the DPRK-China friendship, which remains unchanged no matter how much water flows under the bridge and no matter how frequently a generation is replaced by another," according to a KCNA report.
Kim's third son, Kim Jong-un, believed to be in line to take over power, also attended the meeting, it added.
"It (the treaty) was a great event in the history of the bilateral relations," Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang, the head of the delegation, told Kim, the KCNA reported.
Zhang was quoted as saying that Beijing will "steadfastly carry forward the baton of the traditional and special Sino-DPRK friendship and honestly implement the wide-ranging agreements reached between the top leaders of the two countries."
In a separate report, China's Xinhua News Agency said Zhang pointed out that Kim's three recent trips to China helped "infuse strong power" into their bilateral relations. Beijing is ready to work with Pyongyang to deepen their communications and cooperation in various fields and further boost the friendship, he added.
Amid the North's deepening economic reliance on China, the two partners still boast of their deep blood ties at home and abroad.
North Korea has increasingly been looking to its largest ally, China, for food and other economic assistance, especially since South Korea cut off its aid to the impoverished North in retaliation for Pyongyang's recent armed provocations and continued nuclear ambitions.
North Korea is under unrelenting pressure from the United States and South Korea to tone down its hostility and resume diplomatic dialogue.
Kim and Hu met in Beijing in May when Kim made his third trip to China in just over one year. Kim's recent trips are the most frequent visits the reclusive North Korean leader has ever made to the neighboring country.
However, China's pledge to improve its ties with North Korea, though it has made such promises annually for the past 50 years, comes amid calls by the international community for Beijing to use its influence on Pyongyang to put an end to the North's nuclear ambition. North Korea conducted nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009.
Pyongyang has been boycotting six-nation talks on ending its nuclear programs since late 2008, though it has recently shown willingness to return to the multilateral negotiations that also involve South Korea, China, Japan, Russia and the United States.
China, the host of the talks, has been trying to reopen the negotiations since the North quit the talks in 2008, but its efforts hit a stumbling block last year when the North sank a South Korean warship and bombed a South Korean island, killing a total of 50 South Koreans, including two civilians.
Despite the changing international situation, North Korea and China have boasted of their unchangeable relations in recent years. To celebrate the treaty's anniversary, North Korea's state-run media highly praised the current friendly and cooperative ties between the two countries.
The North's main newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, extended warm congratulations and friendly greetings to the Chinese people, saying, "The DPRK-China friendship is blossoming with each passing day thanks to the deep care and energetic activities of the top leaders of the two countries."
"The solidity and unbreakable nature of the DPRK-China friendship have been clearly proved in the severe tests and ordeals of history," said the newspaper published by the North's Workers' Party.
Also on July 11, the KCNA said the (North) Korean and Chinese people provided the tradition of friendship, closely cooperating with each other through centuries, based on revolutionary obligation.
"The DPRK-China friendship provided by leaders of elder generations of the two countries was strengthened with the Chinese people resisting America and aiding (North) Korea during the Korean War," it said. "The revolutionaries and people of the two countries consolidated their unity and friendship through anti-Japanese and anti-U.S. battles, sharing the same destiny."
Mentioning Kim Jong-il's recent trip to China, the news agency said, "His latest China visit in May proved that the DPRK-China friendship with a long history and tradition is a well-tried, indestructible one which will remain unchanged through generations."
On July 12, Chinese President Hu warmly welcomed the North Korean delegation in Beijing, headed by Yang Hyong-sop. The KCNA reported that the Chinese president said the two countries have respected, supported and cooperated, and steadily encouraged each other to boost the relations of friendship and cooperation in the spirit of the treaty for the past five decades.
Meanwhile, the North Korean embassy in Beijing held a reception on July 10 to mark the 50th anniversary with the presence of Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo and other Chinese officials.
On hand from the North Korean side was the DPRK friendship delegation led by Yang, the delegation of the North Korea-China Friendship Association led by Minister of Public Health Choe Chang-sik and Ambassador Ji Jae-ryong, and staff members of the embassy.
In a speech, Dai Bingguo stressed the need to re-energize mutual visits of personnel of the two countries, intensify the strategic mutual understanding and deepen technical and multilateral cooperation to put the China-North Korea relations on a higher stage. In Pyongyang on July 11, a reception was given at the People's Palace of Culture on the occasion of the treaty's 50th anniversary. It was co-sponsored by the North's Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries and the Central Committee of the DPRK-China Friendship Association.
Attending the reception were the friendship delegation of China led by Zhang Dejiang, members of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party and other key officials.
From the North Korean side were Choe Thae-bok, who is a member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party, and Ro Tu-chol, the vice premier of the Cabinet,
In Pyongyang on July 10, Chinese Ambassador to North Korea Liu Hongcai held a reception at the Yanggakdo International Hotel in Pyongyang with the presence of North Korean Premier Choe Yong-rim and other key North Korean figures from the ruling party, military and the Cabinet. Also present there were a friendship delegation of China led by Zhang Dejiang and other Chinese officials.
