Leaders of North Korea and China today expressed their desire to further strengthen ties between the two nations as they exchanged documents to mark the 60th anniversary of the two countries' signing of a treaty.
The North Korean state-run news agency quoted its president Kim Jong Un's message to Chinese President Xi Jinping as saying it was his nation's firm stand to continue to strengthen friendly relations between the two nations.
In a Xi message reported by China's state news agency Xinhua, he said that China and North Korea have supported each other unwaveringly, adding that in recent times, the world has witnessed many unexpected changes and that he wants relations between the two nations to improve.
mutual benefit. Under the 1961 treaty of friendship, cooperation and mutual aid, North Korea and China pledged to provide immediate military assistance as well as other assistance in the event of an attack.
