Meeting happens for Chinese representatives to participate in the events that mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of the North Korean ruler party; Notice calls both countries ‘friends’
The Prime Minister of, Li Qiang, will go to Thursday (9) on a high-level official visit of a Chinese leader since 2019, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday (7). The visit should last until Saturday (11) and happens for Chinese representatives to participate in the events that mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of the North Korean ruler party.
In the statement, China and North Korea are called “traditional friends and neighbors” and it is quoted that the visit is part of “an unshakable strategic policy” of the Chinese government and the ruling communist party “maintaining, consolidating and developing” relations with North Korea.
China has long been the most important ally and a source of support from the North Korean government, although the North Korean leader, sought to balance this in recent years, building ties with. He sent troops to help Moscow in the war against.
The last visit of the president of China, to North Korea was in 2019, before the covid-19 pandemic.
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Nicolas Robert
