Chinese president says ready to develop cooperation with North Korea

SANAA, Feb. 26 (YPA) – China’s President Xi Jinping stressed the importance of cooperation between Beijing and Pyongyang, in light of a “new situation” of unspecified nature, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

Xi emphasized that China is ready to “develop the China-DPRK relations of friendship and cooperation” under a “new situation,” KCNA said on Saturday, referring to North Korea’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea [DPRK].

The official news agency, however, did not elaborate about the distinctions of the “new situation.”

The Chinese president made the statement in response to Kim’s congratulatory message for the Beijing Winter Olympics Games and a verbal message of congratulation soon after the successful closing of the games, the agency added.

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