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| Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and North Korean Labor Party general secretary Kim Jong-un. © News1 Designer Kim Il-hwan |
The Korean Federation of Koreans in Japan (Chongryon), an agency newspaper, evaluated the exchange of oral letters between North Korean Labor Party general secretary Kim Jong-un and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the 24th as “an important opportunity to strengthen cooperation between the two countries.”
The Chosun Shinbo said that the North Korean-China leaders exchanged oral friendships on the 22nd, “reconfirming the traditional friendly and friendly relations between Korea and China, and agreeing the views and positions of both sides on the international and regional situation.” Revealed.
Earlier, Secretary General Kim delivered the results of the 8th Party Congress held in January to President Xi and notified the decision to discuss its position in relation to North-South and North Korea relations in particular, emphasizing that North Korea-China cooperation should be reinforced by coping with the challenges and obstacles of’hostile forces’. . President Xi also responded that he was ready to make a’new active contribution’ to safeguard peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula.
The media said, “The reason pro-Western diplomacy has attracted the attention of the international community is related to the timing of oral communication and the breadth and depth of cooperation confirmed by both sides is not normal.” It was recalled of the exchange after the U.S.-China high-level meeting held in Anchorage, Alaska following the’Minister of Defense)’ meeting.
“Last period, hostile forces formed an international siege aiming at the isolation and oppression of Joseon, and attracted neighboring countries of Joseon to it, and clung to the separation of divisions that wedge into the friendship and friendship that was formed historically. “There is a change and a new trend in international politics is emerging.”
He added, “As the composition of confrontation sharpens, the common front of a socialist state that pursues common ideals and interests is strengthened.”
The media also called Chinese socialism a’dictatorship’ and argued that all the negative forces were taking advantage of Xinjiang and Hong Kong’s human rights issues and engaged in illegal’intervention in internal affairs’. It is interpreted that China has expressed its support for China again amid pressure from Western countries over human rights issues.