Wang Jiarui, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), said in Beijing on Wednesday that the exchanges between the CPC and the Workers' Party of Korea have consolidated the political basis of bilateral relations.

Wang, head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks while meeting with a delegation from the Kim Il Sung Party Academy of North Korea. The delegation was led by the academy's executive deputy president Sin Yong-hun.

China is willing to make joint efforts with North Korea to push forward the relations between the CPC and the Workers' Party of Korea, as well as the relations between the two countries, Wang said.

Sin spoke highly of China's efforts in pushing ahead the North Korea-China relations, saying North Korea will strive to implement the consensus reached by the leaders of the two sides, and consolidate and strengthen bilateral ties.

(Xinhua News Agency September 27, 2007)