Kim Jong-un Sends Congratulatory Message to Xi Jinping on Chinese Communist Party Anniversary

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent a congratulatory message to Chinese President Xi Jinping on the 105th founding anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, Yonhap reported Wednesday. Kim stated that there is no new China without the Communist Party, describing this as the truth the Chinese people have realized while advancing under its guidance for many years.

He recalled his summit with Xi in Pyongyang last month as a historic occasion that deepened comradely friendship and trust and reconfirmed the will to promote socialist construction in both countries and their traditional friendly relations.

Xi made a two-day state visit to Pyongyang on June 8-9, his first trip to North Korea in nearly seven years. During the visit the two leaders agreed to deepen cooperation across politics, economy and culture and pledged to strengthen high-level communication. Kim said the absolute superiority of the relations between the two countries is firmly guaranteed by the leadership of the parties.

He added that he was ready to work alongside Xi to add shine to socialism, the common cause of the two parties, and to keep building the friendly and cooperative relationship he described as a shared asset of both peoples. The Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang held a banquet on June 30 to mark the anniversary.

North Korean officials Jo Yong-won and Kim Song-nam, both secretaries of the Workers' Party of Korea central committee, attended.

Chinese Ambassador Wang Yajun told guests that Beijing wants to deepen strategic communication and exchanges with North Korea, describing the two nations as bound by a shared destiny across generations of mutual support. A session on party-building experience preceded the banquet. A KCNA photograph from June 9 shows Kim shaking hands with Xi at Pyongyang Sunan International Airport on June 8.