Chen Zhu said that the traditional relations of friendship and cooperation between the two peoples provided by President Kim Il Sung together with Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai are growing stronger as the days go by.

He recalled that General Secretary Kim Jong Il visited China twice this year, putting the bilateral ties of friendship and cooperation on a new high stage.

He noted that the Korean people are registering great successes in various fields in the spirit of self-reliance and fortitude.

He expressed the will to contribute to boosting the exchange between the two governments in the field of public health and medical science in the days ahead.