(Seoul / Pyongyang Comprehensive News) Sun Weidong, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, visited North Korea and met with Park Minghao, deputy phase of North Korean Foreign Affairs Province on Friday (January 26).
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations in China and North Korea.Earlier this month, Chinese official and North Korean leader Kim Jong -un, Kim Jong -un, mutual congratulations, and announced that it will be established in 2024 as the "China -DPRK Friendship Year" and start a series of activities.
According to the DPRK -China Society and the North Korean Labor Party, Sun Weidong led a delegation to Pyongyang, North Korea through the border city Xinyi Prefecture on Thursday. Officials from North Korean Foreign Affairs and the Chinese Minister in the DPRK went to the border bridge to greet it.
This trip is believed to be a return visit to Park Minghao visited China last December .According to Agence France -Presse, Sun Weidong and his party met with Park Minghao and other officials at the People's Culture Palace of Pyongyang on Friday.
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Wang Wenbin confirmed that Sun Weidong visited the DPRK at a routine press conference on Friday, but did not disclose the details of the itinerary, and whether the visit would pave the way for the high -level interviews between China and North Korea.
The Yonhap News Agency predicts that during the visit of the North Korea, Sun Weidong will discuss on the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries to strengthen economic cooperation. He may also visit Kim Jong -un.
The situation of the Korean Peninsula has recently heated up. In addition to Frequent test missiles This month, the leader Kim Jong-un also said that, North Korea should amend the constitution.Write the content of "it should be completely occupied, calmed, and recovered in South Korea at the time of war, and it is included in the North Korean territory."
Analysts believe that Park Minghao may introduce content such as changes in the Korean route while meeting with Sun Weidong, and listen to Chinese opinions.