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N. Korea, China Vow to Boost Economic Cooperation during Premiers' Talks
NORTH KOREA NEWSLETTER NO. 177 (September 29, 2011)
*** TOPIC OF THE WEEK (Part 1)
N. Korea, China Vow to Boost Economic Cooperation during Premiers' Talks
SEOUL (Yonhap) -- North Korea's Premier Choe Yong-rim made a five-day visit to China starting late September, in an apparent bid to strengthen economic and political ties between the two allies. Choe arrived in Beijing on Sept. 26 for the official visit as the guest of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
He was accompanied by Vice Premier Ro Tu-chol and several economic officials, the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported from Beijing.
Choe's visit to China follows a second trip this year to northeastern China by North Korean leader Kim Jong-il on his return home from Russia in late August.
Earlier, in May, Kim had also traveled across China and met with Chinese President Hu Jintao to discuss expanding bilateral economic and political relations. China is the North's key ally, as well as its key economic benefactor and diplomatic supporter.
Choe said Pyongyang plans to deepen its cooperation with China on trade and infrastructure, and welcomes Chinese enterprises wanting to invest and operate in the North.
Following a meeting with China's premier on Sept. 26, Choe met with the Chinese president a day later and was also scheduled to visit Shanghai, Nanjing and Yangzhou.
During their meeting on Sept. 26, Choe and Wen pledged to promote trade, investment and economic cooperation between the neighboring nations.
"Under the context of the complicated regional and international situation, the parties, governments and peoples of China and the DPRK (North Korea's official name) ... made joint efforts to push forward bilateral ties," China's official Xinhua news agency quoted Wen as telling Choe during talks at the Great Hall of the People in downtown Beijing on Sept. 27.
Wen hailed North Korea's achievements in developing its economy and improving the livelihoods of its people, and said China will further share its own experience in governance and economic development with its ally.
"China supports the DPRK's exploration of its own way of development in accordance with its domestic situation, and will continue to offer assistance within its capability," Wen said.
He then called on both sides to speed up mutually beneficial cooperation in fields such as trade, investment, infrastructure, natural resources and agriculture, the report said. Choe responded that Pyongyang welcomes Chinese enterprises wanting to invest and conduct operations in North Korea.
Both Choe and Wen called for the resumption of long-stalled six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programs.
Wen said China hopes that all sides can maintain contact and dialogue, improve relations and resume the talks soon. The other countries involved in the talks are South Korea, the United States, Japan and Russia.
In response, Choe said Pyongyang has insisted on the denuclearization of the peninsula via dialogue and consultation and has proposed resumption of the talks without any preconditions. The North will maintain contact with Beijing on that issue, he said.
North Korea's official KCNA was positive about Choe's visit to China. "At the talks the two sides exchanged views on boosting the DPRK-China friendly and cooperative relations and issues of mutual concern," it reported.
"The DPRK side said that the DPRK-China friendly and cooperative relations are being put onto a new stage of development in various fields in the spirit of the agreement reached between the top leaders of the two countries," the KCNA continued.
A joint commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the DPRK-China Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in July this year marked an occasion to powerfully demonstrate the solidity and vitality of the two countries' relations at home and abroad, North Korea's news agency noted.
It clarified the Workers' Party of (North) Korea and the North Korean government intent to boost friendship, unity and true cooperation between the North and China, and successfully picked up the baton of the allies' friendship, a precious asset of the two peoples, according to the report.
The Chinese side said the mutual visits and meetings of the top leaders of the two countries played a great role in promoting the development of the bilateral relations, the KCNA report added.
"It is the steadfast policy of the Chinese party and government to attach importance to the traditional Sino-DPRK relations on a strategic level, and steadily strengthen them," KCNA reported the Chinese side as saying.
The talks proceeded in a comradely and friendly atmosphere, according to the report.
China will maintain an exchange of high-level visits with North Korea, deepen strategic contacts and safeguard common interests so as to promote friendship and cooperation between the two sides, Wen said after a red-carpet welcome ceremony for Choe.
Choe, also a member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, said it is the firm stance of the party and government of North Korea to consolidate unity and cooperation with China.
During a courtesy call by Choe on the Chinese president at the Great Hall of the People on Sept. 27, Hu said it is the historic responsibility of both countries to inherit and develop their friendship, the KCNA reported from Beijing.
He stressed the need to strengthen high-level visits, strategic understanding and reciprocal cooperation and jointly defend the peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia. China will continue to further strengthen its economic and trade relations with its good neighbor, comrade and friend, Hu added.
Choe said the traditional friendship between the neighbors is ushering in a new historic turn under the deep care of Kim Jong-il and President Hu.
"The DPRK will in the future, also, make positive efforts with its Chinese comrades to comprehensively expand and develop the DPRK-China friendly and cooperative relations on a higher level and give a steady continuity to the baton of the DPRK-China friendship," Choe said.
In their hour-long meeting, Hu reviewed the progress of the allies' relationship in recent years, citing close political exchanges and fruitful cooperation in all fields.
Hu said the friendship has been fostered by several generations of leaders in both countries and is treasured by both sides.
It is in the common interest of all sides to realize the denuclearization of the Peninsula and safeguard peace and stability, which also meets the aspirations of international community, Hu said.
"China supports the positive efforts by the DPRK to ease tensions on the Peninsula and improve the external environment," Hu said, adding that China believes North Korea will seize the current opportunity and promote the improvement of situation on the Peninsula.
When visiting China in August, Kim Jong-il said the North was ready to resume six-party talks without any preconditions. Choe reaffirmed that stance during his visit.
Later on Sept. 27, top Chinese political advisor Jia Qinglin also met with Choe.
Jia, who chairs the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said China would like to work with North Korea to implement a consensus between the two countries' leaders, deepen cooperation in all fields and take bilateral relations to a new level.
While in Beijing, Choe and his delegation toured a chemical industrial machine company and a state museum, among other stops, KCNA reported from the Chinese capital.
A week earlier, the nuclear envoys of South and North Korea held their second meeting in Beijing in as many months, but failed to agree on terms to re-start the disarmament talks.
Two military attacks by the North on South Korea last year, together with the North's revelation of a new uranium enrichment program, have created new hurdles for regional powers trying to reopen the six-nation talks.
Despite the North's calls for an early resumption of the talks without any pre-conditions, Seoul and Washington insist Pyongyang halt its uranium enrichment program and allow U.N. inspectors back into the country before resuming the talks.
North Korea expelled U.N. nuclear monitors at the height of the current nuclear crisis in 2002.
(END)
*** TOPIC OF THE WEEK (Part 1)
N. Korea, China Vow to Boost Economic Cooperation during Premiers' Talks
SEOUL (Yonhap) -- North Korea's Premier Choe Yong-rim made a five-day visit to China starting late September, in an apparent bid to strengthen economic and political ties between the two allies. Choe arrived in Beijing on Sept. 26 for the official visit as the guest of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
He was accompanied by Vice Premier Ro Tu-chol and several economic officials, the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported from Beijing.
Choe's visit to China follows a second trip this year to northeastern China by North Korean leader Kim Jong-il on his return home from Russia in late August.
Earlier, in May, Kim had also traveled across China and met with Chinese President Hu Jintao to discuss expanding bilateral economic and political relations. China is the North's key ally, as well as its key economic benefactor and diplomatic supporter.
Choe said Pyongyang plans to deepen its cooperation with China on trade and infrastructure, and welcomes Chinese enterprises wanting to invest and operate in the North.
Following a meeting with China's premier on Sept. 26, Choe met with the Chinese president a day later and was also scheduled to visit Shanghai, Nanjing and Yangzhou.
During their meeting on Sept. 26, Choe and Wen pledged to promote trade, investment and economic cooperation between the neighboring nations.
"Under the context of the complicated regional and international situation, the parties, governments and peoples of China and the DPRK (North Korea's official name) ... made joint efforts to push forward bilateral ties," China's official Xinhua news agency quoted Wen as telling Choe during talks at the Great Hall of the People in downtown Beijing on Sept. 27.
Wen hailed North Korea's achievements in developing its economy and improving the livelihoods of its people, and said China will further share its own experience in governance and economic development with its ally.
"China supports the DPRK's exploration of its own way of development in accordance with its domestic situation, and will continue to offer assistance within its capability," Wen said.
He then called on both sides to speed up mutually beneficial cooperation in fields such as trade, investment, infrastructure, natural resources and agriculture, the report said. Choe responded that Pyongyang welcomes Chinese enterprises wanting to invest and conduct operations in North Korea.
Both Choe and Wen called for the resumption of long-stalled six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programs.
Wen said China hopes that all sides can maintain contact and dialogue, improve relations and resume the talks soon. The other countries involved in the talks are South Korea, the United States, Japan and Russia.
In response, Choe said Pyongyang has insisted on the denuclearization of the peninsula via dialogue and consultation and has proposed resumption of the talks without any preconditions. The North will maintain contact with Beijing on that issue, he said.
North Korea's official KCNA was positive about Choe's visit to China. "At the talks the two sides exchanged views on boosting the DPRK-China friendly and cooperative relations and issues of mutual concern," it reported.
"The DPRK side said that the DPRK-China friendly and cooperative relations are being put onto a new stage of development in various fields in the spirit of the agreement reached between the top leaders of the two countries," the KCNA continued.
A joint commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the DPRK-China Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in July this year marked an occasion to powerfully demonstrate the solidity and vitality of the two countries' relations at home and abroad, North Korea's news agency noted.
It clarified the Workers' Party of (North) Korea and the North Korean government intent to boost friendship, unity and true cooperation between the North and China, and successfully picked up the baton of the allies' friendship, a precious asset of the two peoples, according to the report.
The Chinese side said the mutual visits and meetings of the top leaders of the two countries played a great role in promoting the development of the bilateral relations, the KCNA report added.
"It is the steadfast policy of the Chinese party and government to attach importance to the traditional Sino-DPRK relations on a strategic level, and steadily strengthen them," KCNA reported the Chinese side as saying.
The talks proceeded in a comradely and friendly atmosphere, according to the report.
China will maintain an exchange of high-level visits with North Korea, deepen strategic contacts and safeguard common interests so as to promote friendship and cooperation between the two sides, Wen said after a red-carpet welcome ceremony for Choe.
Choe, also a member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, said it is the firm stance of the party and government of North Korea to consolidate unity and cooperation with China.
During a courtesy call by Choe on the Chinese president at the Great Hall of the People on Sept. 27, Hu said it is the historic responsibility of both countries to inherit and develop their friendship, the KCNA reported from Beijing.
He stressed the need to strengthen high-level visits, strategic understanding and reciprocal cooperation and jointly defend the peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia. China will continue to further strengthen its economic and trade relations with its good neighbor, comrade and friend, Hu added.
Choe said the traditional friendship between the neighbors is ushering in a new historic turn under the deep care of Kim Jong-il and President Hu.
"The DPRK will in the future, also, make positive efforts with its Chinese comrades to comprehensively expand and develop the DPRK-China friendly and cooperative relations on a higher level and give a steady continuity to the baton of the DPRK-China friendship," Choe said.
In their hour-long meeting, Hu reviewed the progress of the allies' relationship in recent years, citing close political exchanges and fruitful cooperation in all fields.
Hu said the friendship has been fostered by several generations of leaders in both countries and is treasured by both sides.
It is in the common interest of all sides to realize the denuclearization of the Peninsula and safeguard peace and stability, which also meets the aspirations of international community, Hu said.
"China supports the positive efforts by the DPRK to ease tensions on the Peninsula and improve the external environment," Hu said, adding that China believes North Korea will seize the current opportunity and promote the improvement of situation on the Peninsula.
When visiting China in August, Kim Jong-il said the North was ready to resume six-party talks without any preconditions. Choe reaffirmed that stance during his visit.
Later on Sept. 27, top Chinese political advisor Jia Qinglin also met with Choe.
Jia, who chairs the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said China would like to work with North Korea to implement a consensus between the two countries' leaders, deepen cooperation in all fields and take bilateral relations to a new level.
While in Beijing, Choe and his delegation toured a chemical industrial machine company and a state museum, among other stops, KCNA reported from the Chinese capital.
A week earlier, the nuclear envoys of South and North Korea held their second meeting in Beijing in as many months, but failed to agree on terms to re-start the disarmament talks.
Two military attacks by the North on South Korea last year, together with the North's revelation of a new uranium enrichment program, have created new hurdles for regional powers trying to reopen the six-nation talks.
Despite the North's calls for an early resumption of the talks without any pre-conditions, Seoul and Washington insist Pyongyang halt its uranium enrichment program and allow U.N. inspectors back into the country before resuming the talks.
North Korea expelled U.N. nuclear monitors at the height of the current nuclear crisis in 2002.
(END)
