According to Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 12th, recently, on the occasion of celebrating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea, North Korea ushered in a wave of diplomacy. Party and government leaders from China, Russia, Vietnam, Laos and other countries visited and met with North Korean leaders to discuss exchanges and cooperation.
This is the scene of the celebration filmed in Pyongyang on 9 October 2025. On 9 October, the congress celebrating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Korean Labour Party was held in Pyongyang’s Fifth One Stadium. That evening, a large group gym and art show was also held.
Kim Jong-un: The relationship between the DPRK and China cannot be broken
On the afternoon of 9 local time, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and the Prime Minister of the State Council, Li Jing, met with the General Secretary of the Labour Party of the DPRK and the President of the State Committee, Kim Jong Un, in Pyongyang.
Kim Jong-un said that the DPRK-China relationship is unbreakable, no matter how the international situation changes, consolidating and developing the DPRK-China friendship and cooperation relations is the firm position of the DPRK Party and the government, in line with the common interests of both sides, and is also conducive to the peaceful and stable development of the region.
On the evening of the 9th and 10th local time, celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers 'Party of Korea were held in Pyongyang. Li Qiang attended the celebration meeting and watched large-scale group gymnastics, cultural performances and military parades.
On the evening of October 9 and 10, local time, the 80th anniversary celebration of the founding of the Korean Labour Party was held in Pyongyang. The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and the Prime Minister of the State Council, Li Jing, attended the celebration conference and watched large group gymnastics, arts performances and parades. This was on the evening of October 9, Li Jing attended the celebration conference and watched large group gymnastics and arts performances.
Welcome a diplomatic wave
According to KCNA, Kim Jong Un met on the 10th with Dmitry Medvedev, chairman of the United Russia Party, who led a delegation to visit North Korea on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers 'Party of Korea. Both sides emphasized that they will continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation between the two parties.
During Medvedev’s visit to the DPRK, the DPRK and the DPRK signed a joint statement. The two sides agreed that the military policy of the Eurasian continent and even the world is highly tense, which is primarily caused by the aggressive policies of the West, and that the West, in spite of its dangerous destructive policies and illegal interference in the sovereign affairs of other countries, aims to satisfy the private interests of the Western ruling class. The DPRK firmly supports the measures taken by the DPRK leadership to ensure national defense capabilities.
On October 10, Kim Jong-un (first from right), General Secretary of the Workers 'Party of Korea and Chairman of the State Councilor, met with Dmitry Medvedev (fourth from left), Chairman of the United Russia Party, in Pyongyang. Xinhua Agency/KCNA
According to KCNA, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Su Lin arrived in Pyongyang on the 9th to visit North Korea on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers 'Party of Korea. Kim Jong-un attended a welcoming ceremony for Surin that day and held talks with Surin.
According to the Vietnam News Agency, the signing ceremony of bilateral cooperation documents between Vietnam and the DPRK was held in Pyongyang on the 10th. The two sides signed a number of bilateral cooperation agreements in the fields of culture, health, civil air transport, investment promotion and protection, and agreed to maintain a variety of dialogue and cooperation mechanisms.
According to the DPRK news agency, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the People's Revolutionary Party of Laos, President Tolon arrived in Pyongyang on 7th, to visit the DPRK on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Korean Labour Party.
During the talks, the two sides separately introduced the experiences accumulated by their respective parties and countries in the practice of building a party to govern the country, and exchanged in-depth views on relevant issues in advancing bilateral cooperation between North Korea and Laos.The two sides firmly believe that the traditional friendship and cooperation between the two sides will continue to consolidate and deepen the development of the two peoples' common aspirations and efforts.
Expert: North Korea takes the initiative
Liu Liu, a professor of foreign languages at Shandong University in China, and deputy director of the China-Japan-Korea Cooperation Research Center, pointed out that the multilateral diplomatic wave launched by the DPRK on the occasion of commemorating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Labour Party demonstrates the positive willingness of the DPRK to deepen unity and cooperation with traditional friendly countries. This is the initiative taken by the DPRK in the current international situation to create a more favorable external development environment.
Professor Bishida of the College of International Relations of the University of China said that this round of North Korean diplomacy is characterized by the proactive strike and continued to seek to national strategic goals with a "positive breakthrough". For this, North Korea not only sought to strengthen relations with traditional friendly countries, but also actively sought to actively engage with countries that do not oppose or not hostile to North Korea, i.e. "all-round diplomacy". thus, in general, the "positive breakthrough" and "return breakthrough" parallel situation (Reporters: Fongasong, Wang Sup, Yellow River, Zhu Sup, Zhao Ping, Zhao Hu)
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