A DPRK stamp issued to mark leader Kim Jong-un's visit to Vietnam in February (Photo: Yonhap)Hanoi (VNA) - Rodong Sinmun, the official organ of the Workers’Party of Korea (WPK), underlined strong and friendly relations with Vietnam inan article published on November 13, saying the DPRK cherishes the bilateral relationshipbased on decades of cooperation to fight imperialists.
The editorial laid stresson the WPK’s consistent stance to build cooperative and friendly ties betweenthe two nations in line with the predecessor leaders’ wish, as well as promotethe relations through generations.
“Our people cherish therelations between the two countries which have always cooperated with andsupported each other in their struggle for the sake of anti-imperialism,independence and socialism”, it wrote.
In February, leader of theDemocratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong-un visited Vietnam andattended the second DPRK-USA Summit with US President Donald Trump. This wasthe first Vietnam visit by a DPRK leader in the past 55 years. During his stay,Kim had meetings with top Vietnamese leaders, and expressed his hope for strengthenedcooperation and exchanges with Vietnam in all areas.
Kim also wished forstronger ties with Vietnam in his congratulatory message to the Southeast Asiancountry on the occasion of its National Day in September.
Next year, the twocountries will celebrate the 70th anniversary of diplomaticrelations./.
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