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Xi vows to bolster ties with N.Korea in letter to Kim
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IANS | 23 Oct, 2021
In a letter to Kim Jong-un, Chinese President Xi Jinping has reaffirmed
efforts to strengthen bilateral relations with North Korea, Pyongyang's
state media reported on Saturday.
Xi made the remarks in a reply
to North Korean leader 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", Yonhap News Agency reported citing KCNA.
North
Korea and China have emphasised their close relations amid the paused
nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington, and an escalating
rivalry between the two superpowers.
Xi expressed "intent to
steadily propel the relations to a new stage by strengthening strategic
communications, deepening the friendship and cooperation and leading
them to be conducive to mutual support through joint endeavours with Kim
Jong-un", according to the KCNA report.
Xi also noted that North
Korea and China "are linked by the same mountain and rivers, and the
traditional friendship between the two countries is getting more solid
over time", the report said.
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, US and UN 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 an impasse in nuclear negotiations with the US.
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