BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Pak Thae Song, premier of the Cabinet of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), will lead a party and government delegation to pay an official visit to China from July 10 to 12, the Chinese foreign ministry announced on Thursday.
During the visit, Pak will attend the commemorative event of the 65th anniversary of the China-DPRK Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, the ministry said.
Pak, also member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and vice president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, will make the trip at the invitation of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the government of the People's Republic of China, according to the ministry.
"China and the DPRK are traditional friendly neighbors. Maintaining, consolidating, and developing China-DPRK relations has always been an unswerving strategic policy of the CPC and the Chinese government," Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a regular news briefing on Thursday when asked about the visit.
China will work with the DPRK to uphold the important common understandings reached between the top leaders of both parties and countries, strengthen strategic communication, enhance exchanges and cooperation, and advance their traditional friendship and partnership, Mao said. ■
