▲ North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui (L) shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi as they meet for talks in Beijing on Sept. 28, 2025, in this photo carried by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency the following day. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

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N. Korea's FM vows to bolster diplomatic exchanges, cooperation with China

By Kim Soo-yeon

SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui has vowed efforts to strengthen diplomatic exchanges and cooperation with China in her congratulatory message to China's top diplomat, Wang Yi, on China's key anniversary, state media reported Thursday.

Choe's message was delivered to celebrate the 76th anniversary of China's founding the previous day, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

In the letter, Choe said the two nations have an "important" mission to develop their bilateral ties through diplomatic cooperation, highlighting that the North and China have reached "complete" consensus on key issues during her recent trip to Beijing.

North Korea "will make joint efforts to further develop its cooperative relations with China and strengthen bilateral exchange and cooperation in the diplomatic field," read the message, carried by the KCNA.

Choe returned home Tuesday after making a four-day trip to China. She made her first one-on-one meeting with Wang since taking office in June 2022 and also met with China's Premier Li Qiang.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un traveled to Beijing last month to attend China's military parade. At that time, Kim and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first talks in more than six years, in a sign that the bilateral ties have been restored after remaining strained by North Korea's close alignment with Russia.

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