China, North Korea pledge ‘dynamic development’ as Li Qiang, Kim Jong-un meet
Trip to Pyongyang by Beijing’s No 2 official is the latest in a series of high-level exchanges between the two nations in recent weeks
“China is willing to work with North Korea to … closely coordinate and cooperate in international and regional affairs, strengthen multilateral collaboration, firmly safeguard and practice multilateralism and promote the development of the international order in a more just and equitable direction,” he added.
According to North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Kim said it was also the “unwavering” stand of Pyongyang to further strengthen and develop friendly and cooperative relations with Beijing “in line with the demands of the times”.
“Our party, government and people, together with the Chinese comrades, will promote more dynamic development of DPRK-China relations in the common struggle for realising the socialist cause,” Kim said, referring to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, North Korea’s official name.