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Kim Jong Un Sends Message of Consolation to Chinese Party and State Leaders

Pyongyang, April 26 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, together with Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, and Pak Pong Ju, premier of the Cabinet of the DPRK, sent a message of consolation to Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the People's Republic of China, Li Keqiang, premier of the State Council of the PRC, and Li Zhanshu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the PRC, on Wednesday.

The message reads:

We express the deepest condolences and apology to the Communist Party of China and the government of the People's Republic of China, all the Chinese people and the bereaved families of the victims as regards a tragic traffic accident in Pongsan County, North Hwanghae Province on April 22 which claimed casualties among many Chinese tourists .

It is, indeed, very sad that the close Chinese friends, who had come here with the feelings of friendship with our people, met with an unexpected accident on our land, and the WPK, the DPRK government and all the Korean people are overcome with sorrow with you, regarding this as damage their blood relatives suffered.

We make a deep apology to the Chinese comrades for the pain which cannot be alleviated with any word, consolation and compensation.

Our Party and Government will make every possible effort to ensure that hours of grief pass and the pains are alleviated even a bit at an early date.