DPRK leader hopes for improved relations with Vietnam in all fields

DPRK leader hopes for improved relations with Vietnam in all fields: KCNA

Chairman of the Workers’ Party and the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong-un voiced his hope to intensify cooperation with Vietnam in all fields and lift bilateral relations to a new height, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on March 2.

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Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong (R) and DPRK leader Kim Jong-un after a banquet on March 1 evening (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Chairman of the Workers’ Party and the State AffairsCommission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong-un voicedhis hope to intensify cooperation with Vietnam in all fields and lift bilateralrelations to a new height, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported onMarch 2.

KCNArun an article about Kim’s official visit to Vietnam from March 1-2 right afterhis second summit with US President Donald Trump in Hanoi.

Theagency cited Kim as saying that through productive meetings between the twoParties and States, the DPRK and Vietnam should normalise bilateralcollaboration and exchanges in all aspects, from economy, science andtechnology, defence, sports, culture and arts, to advertisement and communications,and at the same time upgrade the relationship to a new height.

OnMarch 1, the DPRK leader held talks with General Secretary of the CommunistParty of Vietnam Central Committee and President Nguyen Phu Trong at the Presidential Palace inthe Vietnamese capital city. He also had meetings with Prime Minister NguyenXuan Phuc and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

Kimis the first DPRK leader who has paid an official visit to Vietnam after 55years. Earlier, the founder of the DPRK Kim Il-sung visited Vietnam in 1958 and1964.-VNA

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