Chinese President Hu Jintao
met in Pyongyang Saturday with Kim Yong Nam, president of the
Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Hu said at the meeting that China will continue to make
concerted efforts with the DPRK under the new circumstances to
boost their friendship and cooperation to higher levels.
This, he added, will benefit the two countries and their peoples
and make positive contributions to lasting peace and common
prosperity in Northeast Asia.
Hu, who is also the General Secretary of the Central Committee
of the Communist Party of China (CPC), reviewed the fruitful
exchanges and cooperation in various fields and the rapid growth of
economic and trade relations between the two countries.
He said China will, in accordance with the principles of
reciprocity and common development, encourage its businesses to
carry out more cooperation with the DPRK.
For his part, Kim said the DPRK will join China in making
efforts to boost bilateral traditional friendship and push forward
bilateral cooperation.
Hu, accompanied by General Secretary of the Workers' Party of
Korea and Chairman of the National Defense Commission Kim Jong Il,
visited on Saturday morning the newly established Tae-an Friendship
Glass Factory, which was built with aid from China.
The factory, considered "a symbol of the
DPRK-China friendship, " is located on the bank of the Taedong
River and has a designed daily production capacity of 300 tons of
float-process glass.
Hu arrived in Pyongyang Friday for a three-day official goodwill
visit.
(Xinhua News Agency October 30, 2005)
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