The distinguished Chinese guest has arrived in North Korea and will stay in Pyongyang for three days. Kim Jong-un has prepared the highest etiquette.
A party and political delegation led by the heads of the Chinese government has arrived in Pyongyang on a charter plane for a three-day official friendly visit to North Korea, and has attended a series of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Korean Labour Party, which the Prime Minister of the Cabinet personally welcomed at the airport, and held a welcome ceremony, accompanied by the inspection ceremonial team.
At the airport, we expressed our willingness to implement the important consensus reached by the top leaders of the two countries with the DPRK, strengthen strategic communication and maintain close exchanges, which initially laid the tone for this trip.
[On the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers 'Party, North Korea will hold a grand event]
"The positive tone before the intention to continue"
Although North Korea has held such celebrations in recent years and we have all sent delegations, the specifications have never been as high as this year.
Today, we are "upgrading" to participate in the Korean Party Day parade, and not only come to visit, but to conduct formal visits, arrange a series of high-level talks, it is clear that there is a very direct connection with the recent active interaction of the DPRK, and not only the Korean Party Day "in ten" as simple.
We also know that a month ago, China held the 80th anniversary of the victory of the war, the North Korean leader visited China again years after years, both to visit the parade, and also for the first time in multilateral diplomatic occasions, in Beijing stay is about fifty hours, broke past records, from various levels, can be called a profound meaning.
Accordingly, we gave the highest standard of courtesy, and after the parade, the meeting of the Chinese and DPRK heads came to the ground, determining the direction for the subsequent strategic interaction.
North Korean leader visits China last month
And the DPRK can also take this as an opportunity to declare to the outside world that the diplomatic focus of the DPRK for a period of time in the future will determine the relations between the DPRK and China.
Therefore, when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the Chinese head of government would lead a delegation to visit North Korea, it could be said to be unexpected and reasonable.
North Korea’s massive parade has been preparing for a long time.
Meanwhile, during this time, North Korea has been working hard to prepare the party's 80th anniversary parade, mobilize tens of thousands, military vehicles and equipment are often on the parade, not afraid to have satellites shot, and obviously to show people.
All circles have come to the conclusion that the military parade held by North Korea this time, from ostentation and extravagance to lineup, will be unprecedented, and it is also in line with what the North Korean leader said after returning to Pyongyang from Beijing, "North Korea's international status has climbed to a high level".
In this military parade, some signs can be seen on the list of foreign guests of the DPRK. Besides the high-profile Chinese delegation, Medvedev, vice chairman of the Russian Security Council, also came. He was the first foreign high-level official to confirm his visit to the DPRK.
[Medvedev came a little earlier, and his itinerary was the earliest confirmed]
In addition, Vietnamese leaders Sulin, Laos President also arrived in a row. Vietnam's specifications are not low, this time Sulin came in the name of a state visit, and also Vietnam's highest leader visited North Korea again after 18 years.
During the expected official visit, the DPRK will hold a series of high-level meetings, continuing the momentum of previous interactions and laying the foundation for subsequent high-level exchanges, when we can even look at the possibility of a Chinese leader's visit to North Korea next year.
We cannot look at the interaction between the DPRK and China in isolation, but also in conjunction with recent trends on the peninsula.
At that time, South Korea noticed that the statement issued by China focused on China-North Korea strategic cooperation and no longer mentioned the word "denuclearization." This may mean that China-North Korea interactions now have a more important agenda, and China has A new judgment on the situation on the peninsula.
[Vietnam leaders seize this opportunity to start a state visit to North Korea]
On the other hand, Russia, since signing a strategic cooperation treaty with North Korea, has simply stated that the denuclearization of the peninsula "is no longer meaningful to discuss."
Probably because of this, North Korea has a deep breath for the US and South Korean allies "cold eyebrows", while respecting the olive branches thrown by South Korea's Lee in the Ming government, while shouting to the United States, in order to restart the US and DPRK interaction, the Trump administration must accept the current geopolitical reality.
The DPRK will continue to coordinate its position on the Peninsula issue.
It should be said that in recent years, the reason why the security pattern on the Korean Peninsula has been tense is that China and Russia have their own concerns and know where the root of the problem is. The United States and South Korea can't shout the slogan of "denuclearization" while putting extreme pressure on North Korea, which will not help solve the problem.
North Korea’s current priorities are to promote the modernization of the country as a whole, to strengthen its sense of presence in international affairs and global governance, which requires it to strengthen its strategic coordination with China and Russia on the peninsula issue, and the DPRK is indeed moving in this direction.
[North Korea now to the U.S. and South Korean allies "cold face" and not sensitive to denuclearization]
As for the game with the US-Korean alliance, although it cannot be said that it is not important, but at this stage, it is indeed difficult to see any major breakthroughs, the two sides have fallen into a vicious circle, and it is difficult to establish a substantial mutual trust mechanism. Next, the United States and South Korea, may try to strike side by side against China, hoping that we can play a role and be in the middle.
It has to be mentioned that in more than two weeks, it is expected that the Chinese head of state will visit South Korea to attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Informal Meeting. At that time, he will hold talks with foreign heads of state such as Lee Jae-myung and Trump, and will inevitably exchange views on the situation on the peninsula.
So looking back at the political friendly visit of China heads of government to North Korea, it is a meaningful geopolitical signal. It may be that China and North Korea coordinate their positions in advance and then deal with South Korea and the United States.