Responding to a congratulatory message from Kim Jong-un, Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a message of thanks to the North Korean leader, according to the North’s state news agency, KCNA.
A translation of Xi’s purported message, courtesy of KCNA Watch, expressed “sincere thanks to the C.C., Workers Party of Korea and Comrade Chairman for respectively sending congratulatory messages.”
The letter was reportedly not covered in Chinese state media.
“I wish that under the new situation the Chinese side would make efforts with the DPRK side to promote the relations between the two parties and the two countries to sustainable soundness and stable development and thus make a positive contribution to providing the peoples of the two countries with more wonderful happiness and defending regional peace and stability and common prosperity,” the message continued.
The note concluded with wishes for “fresh successes in the cause of socialist construction under the leadership of the WPK headed by Chairman Kim Jong-un.”
The letter comes amid warming ties between China and a South Korean administration that has expressed desire to cool tensions with the North, and ahead of a visit to Asia by the US president.
Despite South Korea’s pivot toward closer ties with China and potenially less confrontational approach with North Korea, Trump is reportedly determined to apply pressure on the issue by stressing that the world is “running out of time” in the race to resolve the Korean nuclear crisis.
David Underwood The two Koreas were one country before the USA got involved in trying to stop the march of communism in the region. Ask any Vietnamese what that meant. So, please, lets avoid your selective history lesson here. In hindsight, the facts are freely available, do yourself a favour and read…widely, please.
Do you know how many America kills every day across the globe maybe let’s sit and watch who will earn more money in this war……. See Libya now how it looks like??????????? Maybe it’s time every nation solve their problems
Godwin Yu Lim if one has the right own nukes, then every nation should own it or no country should have it at all!
No more words to say!
I think Us ought to think about what is the best way to have a talk in partnership not just only show your nuclear power. If you don’t want to have nuclear you had better destroyed yours before you would be able to stop the others. This because you are the one who always make trouble for small countries.
North Korea does have a record. They started the Korean war and took over almost all of the South. But I agree that the US is the most dangerous!
You expression is exceptional.. you said all.. I fail to understand this paranoia honestly.
@Joseph Shakkur you are uninformed and very baised towards a dictator where only the elite few whoe licks hiss ass on an daily basis while the rest of his fellow country die of hunger and desease go and live there for a few months and rwite us again that is to say if you can lol
All the leaders and ruthless. A fox and and wolf operate diffetent but have the same objective in minds..
Gathering storm of impeachment? You’re drinking too much bro
Christopher Ramsaran, it is not the right of anyone or any country to choose to eliminate a head of state of any country regardless of how reprehensible his behaviour might be. And, by the way, are you basing your opion on what you read in the western media, which is really just a mouthpiece for American imperialism? Do you have any idea of International Law and what it permits and what it doesn’t. Please stop rationalising what should and what should not be done. Your comment indicates that you are not a person who would abide by the rules, but you sound like someone who expects others to do so. Practise what you preach. You are either on the side of International Law or you’re not. Where do you stand? Or are you sitting on the fence when it comes to moral and ethical issues? Please state your case.