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Noting that the above-said associations have positively contributed to the development of the friendly relations between the peoples of the two countries over the past five decades since their formation, he said:
The Sino-DPRK friendly and cooperative relations provided by Chairman Mao Zedong, Premier Zhou Enlai and President Kim Il Sung are a valuable asset of the two peoples.
The bilateral friendship is indestructible and durable as it has stood all trials of history and taken strong roots in the hearts of the two peoples.
It is the unchangeable policy of the Chinese party and government to steadily develop the bilateral relationship of friendship.
We will further develop this long-standing relationship in the spirit of inheriting tradition, facing up to the future, building good-neighborly friendship and strengthening cooperation.
The Sino-DPRK friendship is growing stronger with each passing day under the deep care of respected Comrade Hu Jintao, Comrade Jiang Zemin and the great General Secretary Comrade Kim Jong Il.
The two countries are closely cooperating with each other in politics, the economy, culture and other fields for the common interests and the improvement of welfare of their peoples.
Events were held in Beijing and Pyongyang to commemorate the 50th anniversaries of the China-Korea Friendship Association and the DPRK-China Friendship Association.
They marked an important occasion in powerfully demonstrating the solidity and invincibility of friendship and solidarity forged between the peoples of China and the DPRK.
2009 is a significant year marking the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, he said, and went on:
Colorful events will take place in the next year, injecting new vitality in the bilateral friendship.
The China-Korea Friendship Association will strive to strengthen and develop the Sino-DPRK friendship in keeping with intention of the supreme leaders of the two countries in the future, too.
I am convinced that the bilateral relations of friendship and cooperation will develop on a wider scale by the joint efforts of the governments and peoples of the two countries.
