Xi pledges working with Kim to enhance relations

Li Zhanshu, China’s top legislator and special representative of President Xi Jinping, and Kim Jongun, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, attend a parade on Sunday in Pyongyang marking the 70th anniversary of the DPRK’s founding. DANISH SIDDIQUI / REUTERS

Li Zhanshu, China's top legislator, paid a visit to the DPRK and attended the celebration events as Xi's special representative.

On Sunday, Li, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, met with Kim and delivered the letter from Xi.

Li said he hopes the two sides will implement the important consensus reached between Xi and Kim, strengthen high-level strategic communication and conduct cooperation in various areas.

Li said that China has always adhered to the Korean Peninsula's denuclearization, efforts to maintain peace and stability, and resolve issues through dialogue and negotiations.

China speaks highly of the DPRK's positive efforts in this regard and hopes the DPRK and the United States will implement their consensus and maintain the trend of peaceful dialogue, he added.

Kim said he, the party and the DPRK government, will firmly carry forward the DPRK-China friendship no matter what changes take place in the international situation. The DPRK hopes to learn from the experience of development from China and further expand bilateral exchanges and cooperation in all areas.

The DPRK will stick to the consensus reached during the leaders' meeting with the US in Singapore, and has adopted measures accordingly, Kim said, in reference to his meeting with US President Donald Trump in June.

The DPRK hopes the US will take action accordingly and jointly promote the process of a political solution to the peninsula's nuclear issue, he added.