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| Nork Media Report Kimmie's China Visit | ||
| 2010-08-31 | ||
North Korea's official media on Monday simultaneously reported leader Kim Jong-il's "unofficial" visit to China that ended Monday, saying it came at Chinese President Hu Jintao's invitation.
A South Korean government official said Kim appeared to be seeking China's consent for the succession of his son and heir apparent Jong-un. Hu the following day mentioned the upcoming extraordinary congress of the Workers' Party in Pyongyang early next month, the first in 44 years. "On behalf of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, I wish the Workers' Party every success in its congress," KCNA quoted Hu as saying. Kim junior is expected to be given a senior party post during the congress that will establish him as the official successor to his ailing father. But the reports did not say whether Kim junior accompanied his father on the trip. They did mention other members of the entourage, including Kim Yong-chun, the minister of People's Armed Forces; Kang Sok-ju, the first vice foreign minister; party secretaries Kim Ki-nam, Hong Sok-hyong, and Tae Jong-su; party directors Jang Song-taek, Kim Yong-il and Kim Yang-gon; and senior secretaries of regional party committees Choe Ryong-hae (North Hwanghae Province), Kim Pyong-hae (North Pyongan Province) and Pak To-chun (Jagang Province). A diplomatic source in Beijing quoted the Chinese International Liaison Department as saying that Kim junior was "not on the list of invited guests." Meanwhile, China's state-run Xinhua news agency quoted Kim Jong-il as saying in a summit with Hu, "I hope we'll maintain close communication and cooperation with China and see the resumption of the six-party talks at an early date to ease tension and maintain peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula." Hu asked Kim for an early return to the six-party talks about North Korea's nuclear program and for cooperation to reduce tension, while speaking of tension created recently between South Korea and the U.S., and North Korea and China, Xinhua said.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 Behind the scenes they got schnockered on cognac and planned how they were going to twist the American tail once again ... Considering conditions in the DPRK, who is twisting whose tail? :-) |
| Posted by: Mike Ramsey 2010-08-31 22:39 |