Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese president, met with Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Wednesday.
中国共产党中央委员会总书记、中国国家主席习近平周三在北京钓鱼台国宾馆会见朝鲜劳动党主席、朝鲜国家事务委员会主席金正恩。
The two leaders had an in-depth conversation over tea in a cordial and friendly atmosphere.
Noting that Kim has paid three visits to China within 100 days to meet with him, Xi said the two sides have
jointly2 created a new history of China-DPRK high-level exchanges.
"We are pleased to see that the important
consensus3 reached by China and the DPRK is gradually being
implemented4, the friendly cooperative relations between the two sides are radiating new
vitality5, the
momentum6 for dialogue and easing of situation on the Korean Peninsula has been effectively strengthened, and the WPK's new strategic route has pushed the DPRK's
socialist7 cause into a new journey," Xi said.
He said he believes that under the
joint1 efforts of both sides, China-DPRK relations will certainly benefit the two countries and the two peoples.