Anti-imperialism. The DPRK is an important center of anti-imperialism in the world.
The DPRK works in order to create large co-operation all around the world with the peoples exploited by imperialism.
North Korea´s signifigance in the worldwide struggle against imperialism has been widely understood. The Peruvian coastal town of Huacho presented Democratic People's Republic of Korea Party leader Kim Jong Il with a certificate of honorary citizenship
The President of the presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, attended the NAM summit in Havana and paid an official visit to Cuba on the invitation of Fidel Castro Ruz, President of the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba. A high level Libyan delegation visited Democratic People´s Republic of Korea in July 2000.
On Kim Jong Il´s birthday in February 2001 a high level Libyan delegation visited Pyongyang.
Palestinian ambassador to the DPRK Shaher Mohammed Abdlah hosted a reception at his embassy on April 12, 2001 on the occasions of Sun's Day, the birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung. The ambassador in his address said that the president set forth a correct ideology which serves as a guideline for the Korean people and the world people. According to the representative of Workers´, Party of Korea the DPRK will as ever extend positive support to the Palestinian people's just struggle to retake legitimate national rights including the right to repatriation, the right to self-determination, the right to establish an independent state with Kuds as its capital.
In April 2001 Workers´ Party of Korea participated as an invited visitor with Chinese, Cuban, Lao and Cambodian parties the ninth national congress of Communist Party of Vietnam. In his speech the Korean representative congratulated Vietnam for her success in socialist construction work. He emphasized importance of co-operation with different countries on their way to socialism and each nation´s right to self-determination.
Foreign minister of Lao People's Democratic Republic and Namibian delegation visited the DPRK in April 2001.
In May 2001 the DPRK sent a message of greetings to secretary general of the organization of African unity, on the start of the formal work of the African Union. The message expressed the belief that the union would ensure peace and stability in this region and greatly contribute to achieving common prosperity of the African continent by mobilizing and utilizing great potentials and rich natural resources. The message wished the union a great success in its work for peace and progress on the continent.
Chief of general staff of KPA met Cuban military delegation in July 2001. Vice marshal Kim Yong Chun, chief of the general staff of the Korean People's Army, met and had a talk with the Cuban military delegation led by colonel general Alvaro Lopez Miera, vice-minister of the revolutionary armed forces and chief of the general staff, which paid a courtesy call on him. Present there were colonel general O Kum Chol, lieutenant general Pak Sung Won and military attache Eduardo Sanchez Pena of the Cuban embassy here.
Visible mutual friendship delegation visits have been implemented between the DPRK and PR China in July 2001.
President of the DPRK has in July 2001 visited officially to Socialist Republic of Vietnam and to Lao People´s Democratic Republic. Presidents of the countries have discussed in friendly and constructive spirit of issues of common future interests. The Korean state visit serial continued to Cambodia. The first result is the visit of Korean commercial delegation to Laos in the turn of July-August 2001. More corresponding boosting of commercial relations will no doubt occur.
July 2001. DPRK and Russia boost their mutual co-operation. The DPRK has steadily strengthened cooperation and relations in various fields including politics, the economy, military affairs, culture and sports in the spirit of the DPRK- Russia joint declaration during the past one year.
Russian Federation is paying great attention to peace, stability and detente on the Korean Peninsula. Russia supports the aspiration of the Korean people for peaceful and democratic reunification reflected in the North-South Joint declaration.
In July-August 2001 leader Kim Jong Il met high level politicians in Moscow at the invitation of the president of Russia. In this context he represented at the first place the highest defence leadership.
Media highlighted the north Korean promise to freeze missile tests up to 2003. This is in fact no news. DPRK has already earlier informed this deadline which is connected with US willingness for honest talks on general level and especially concerning the interrupted LWR-project.
The tour in Russia continued in the first week of August in order to promote economic and cultural relations between the two countries. Practical economic co-operation plans have already been fixed. Building of railway connections begun immediately.
The visit to Russia has got worldwide attention. DPRK and Russia want to keep the world missile stability on the level of AMB-treaty and they resist the US new missile "shield" plan. This is the main contents of the Moscow declaration by Kim Jong Il and V.V. Putin on August 4th, 2001.
President of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly met special envoy of Guinean President in July 2001.
Chinese military attache visited Pyongyang in July 2001.
A government delegation of the Democratic Republic of Congo visited to Pyongyang in August 2001.
A friendly gathering was held at the DPRK-Libya friendship Aeguk Moran Garment Factory on August 30th 2001 to mark the 32nd anniversary of the Great September First Revolution of Libya. Invited to the gathering were Ahmed Amer al Muakkaf, secretary of the people's bureau of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya here, and members of the bureau.
Jiang Zemin , General-Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese President, paid an official goodwill visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from September 3 to 5, 2001. The successful visit promote peace on regional level and globally.
Official top visits between the DPRK, China and Russia change power stability of the world.
In connection of the terrorist hunt in Asia in autumn 2001 the CIA was reported to have published a report in which it absurdly asserted that the DPRK, China and Russia continue exporting weapons of mass destruction, missile technology and their parts to different countries. This absurd report shows what the US politics really means. The goal is not to destroy terrorism but to start war.
In its official statement on October 8th, 2001 the DPRK resists both terrorism and state terrorism. DPRK will further strenghten its readiness for defence. The Korean stance does not fit with the US demandings. Hence the US began immediately new threatenings.
A Vietnamese government economic delegation led by vice-minister of trade, arrived Pyongyang on October 15th. 2001.
An economic delegation of the Cuban government headed by minister of the government Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz arrived Pyongyang in the end of November 2001 to participate in the 21st meeting of the inter-governmental economic and scientific and technological consultative committee of the DPRK and Cuba.
Delegation of Lao People´s Republic visited Pyongyang in November 2001.
In January 2002 common anniversaries of anti-imperialist fight have been celebrated on foreign ministry levels both in the DPRK and in PR China.
In February 2002, after new US president´s threatenings against the DPRK, the Chinese foreign ministry has very clearly stated China´s support for north Korea also in possible military conflict.
In the beginning of 2002 co-operation at foreign ministry level between the DPRK and Russia has intensified and become still more efficient because of the US threatenings. Quite obviously the US has to think once more about their absurd plans in northeast Asia.
In March 2002 the attituides of Northkorean media have become still more determined and sharp related with the US threatenings and proposals for "dialogue", which would be nothing but a demand to surrender.
DPRK Foreign Ministry delegation visited China in March 2002, after the US nuke threatenings concerning both countries.
A delegation of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party visited the DPRK in March 2002.
The president of Indonesia visited the DPRK in March 2002.
An agreement on scientific cooperation between the DPRK Academy of Sciences and the Siberia branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences was signed in Novosibirsk in March 2002.
An agreement on friendship and cooperation between the Workers' Party of Korea and the People's Democratic Party of Nigeria was signed in Pyongyang in April 17th, 2002.
According to preliminary information leader Kim Jong Il will carry out another official state visit to Russia in 2002.
In April 2002 the DPRK and PR China Condemn Japanese PM for his visit to the fascist war monument Yasukuni Shrine.
Vietnam and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea signed in Pyongyang on May 3rd, 2002 a number of important economic co-operation agreements. These are an agreement on investment encouragement and protection, an agreement on the avoidance of double taxation, an agreement on marine transportation, an agreement on judicial assistance, a trade agreement and an accord on goods exchange.
The 70th anniversary of Korean People´s Army was celebrated on the April 25th, 2002. Especially China, Vietnam and Laos emphasized the signifigance of people´s army.
DPRK Supreme People's Assembly chairman met Syrian parliamentary delegation in Pyongyang in May 2002.
DPRK Foreign Minister arrived in Moscow on May 20th, 2002 for talks on relations between DPRK and South Korea and on business projects with Russia.
Kim Jong Il and high level army commanders met with Russian military delegation in Pyongyang in the beginning of June 2002.
Tajik delegation visited Pyongyang in June 2002.
In June 2002 a delegation of the Vietnam-DPRK friendship parliamentarians group in Vietnam's National Assembly has concluded a week-long visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
The world conference on the cause of anti-imperialism and independence in the 21st century was held in Sri Lanka in June, 2002. Present at the conference were the director general and the secretary general of the International Institute of the Juche Idea (IIJI), leading members of the international and regional institutes, the vice-president of the senate of Nepal, the general secretary of the Action Front for Revival, Democracy and Development of Benin, delegations and delegates of political parties, public organizations, academic circles of 50 countries and senior officials of the government and political parties of Sri Lanka.
In July 2002 north Korean number two Kim Yong-Nam visits Libya, Syria and Indonesia.
DPRK-Syria intergovernmental agreement was inked in July 2002.
The DPRK has congratulated the succesfull summit of the African Union.
A delegation of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, headed by deputy head of the department Cai Wu, visited the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the middle of July 2002.
DPRK-Libya talks took place in Tarabulus, July 13, 2002 between the sides of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. The sides discussed developing, as required by the new century, bilateral relations of friendship forged in the anti-imperialist struggle for independence on the basis of the intimacy between President Kim Il Sung and Col. Moammer El Gaddafi.
The foreign minister of the Russian Federation visited the DPRK at the invitation of its government in July 2002.
A ceremony of signing the treaty of friendly relations and cooperation between the DPRK and Mongolia and the protocol between the DPRK and Mongolian governments on the effectuation of bilateral agreements in the DPRK-Mongolian relations was held in Ulaan Baatar on August 8. 2002
Kim Jong Il visited Russia in August 2002. Talks between him and the highest political leaders of Russia concerned mostly commersial issues. Yet the discussions had also extreme importance for geopolitics in Asia and even for world politics.
August 2002. The bilateral friendly relations based on the close friendship between President Kim Il Sung and colonel Moammer El Gaddafi are growing stronger under the deep care of General Secretary Kim Jong Il, said Ahmed Amer al Muakaff, secretary of the people's bureau of Libya to the DPRK.
Kim Yong Nam, President of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, met and had a friendly talk with the delegation of the national committee of the Chinese people's political consultative conference headed by its vice-chairman Zhou Tienong at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on September 3rd, 2002
Senior Lieutenant General Kim Yang Jom, deputy minister of the People's Armed Forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, visited Vietnam on September 18 and 19 at the invitation of Vietnam's Defence Ministry.
On October 3rd, 2002 Kim Yong Nam met and had a talk with a delegation of the people's committee of the sciences and research general bureau of Libya headed by Mohamed Ennami, director of research affairs of the committee, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall.
The DPRK delegation led by Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, paid an official goodwill visit to China from Oct. 15 to 19 2002 at the invitation of the standing committee of the National People's Congress and the State Council of China. China and the DPRK shared a profound traditional friendship, which had developed thanks to the care and promotion of the CPC Central Committee General Secretary Jiang Zemin and Workers' Partyof Korea (WPK) Central Committee General Secretary Kim Jong Il, hesaid.
A delegation of the general political department of the Vietnam People's Army led by its director Le Van Dung, secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam visited the DPRK in the end of October 2002.
In the end of October 2002 north Korean and Russian northeast region military delegations have carried out mutual meetings in both Pyongyang and Khabarovsk.
In November 2002 DPRK government delegation visited Cuba.
In November 2002 General Secretary Kim Jong Il received a certificate of honorary citizenship and a gift from the Canar provincial council of Ecuador.
In November 2002 Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, met with the friendship delegation of the Communist Party of China. The Sino-Korean friendly relations are growing stronger under the leadership of the CPC headed by Jiang Zemin and the WPK headed by Kim Jong Il, he said.
November 2002. General Secretary Kim Jong Il sent a congratulatory message to Jiang Zemin upon the success of the 16th Congress of the Communist Party of China and his reelection as Chairman of the Party Central Military Commission. Kim Jong Il congratulated also Hu Jintao on the success of the 16th Congress of the Communist Party of China and his election as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPC.
Thai political party leader, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra met WPK delegation in Thailand in November 2002 in order to boost the relations between the Workers' Party of Korea and between the Thai people and the Korean people.
Talks between the delegations of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and the Communist Party of Cuba (CPC) took place in Havana on Dec. 3, 2002.
In December 2002 Jiang Zemin, Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPC, said that it is a steadfast policy of the party and government of China to boost the traditional friendship between China and the DPRK.
Foreign Minister of the DPRK, met with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Cambodia, and his party who paid courtesy call on him on Dec. 14th, 2002
Kim Jong Il met the Mayor of Moscow in Pyongyang in the end of December 2002. A protocol on cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow was signed.
In January 2003 the talks between Russian president´s special envoy and political leaders of the DPRK may be seen in the first hand as an expression of common anti-imperialist interests in spite of the fact that the discussions concerned the nuclear energy problematics of Korean peninsula.
In January 2003 representatives of north Korean and Mongolian foreign administration discussed in Pyongyang in anti-imperialist spirit.
Political advisor to the President of Indonesia, who is a special envoy of the president, and his party visited Pyongyang in February 2003.
The party, the government and the people of Vietnam will positively support the Korean people's just efforts for socialist construction and national reunification and hope that the traditional friendly relations between the two countries will steadily grow stronger and develop. Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong said this when receiving credentials from new DPRK Ambassador to Vietnam Pak Ung Sop on Feb. 17th, 2003
In February 2003 Kim Yong Nam, President of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, participated in the 13th Non-Aligned Summit Meeting in Malaysia.
An annual meeting of the Korea-Cuba Solidarity Committee was held in Pyongyang in March 2003.
March 2003. The North Korean crisis should be resolved through diplomacy, by providing security guarantees for the countries of the region and keeping the Korean Peninsula free of nuclear weapons, says a joint communique signed by the Foreign Ministries Igor Ivanov of Russia and Felipe Perez of Cuba following their meeting in Moscow.
In April 2003 Ugandan government delegation visited Pyongyang.
Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, on April 16 2003 met and had a conversation with Jose Roa Rosas, member of the National Executive Committee of the Workers' Party of Mexico.
First vice-chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission Jo Myong Rok visited the People's Republic of China from April 21 to 23 2003. He met also the Chinese President Hu Jintao.
On May 8th, 2003 General Secretary Kim Jong Il received a message of greetings from Seyed Mohammad Khatami, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on April 29 on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the opening of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
In May 2003 Secretary of General People's Congress of Libya emphasized friendly relations and continuing of cooperation with the DPRK.
A week of Iran-DPRK friendship and a Korean book, photo and handicraft exhibition was held in Tehran in May 2003.
Kim Jong Il met on July 14th, 2003 Dai Bingguo, the visiting Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister, who is also a special envoy of the Chinese government. The talks ended to positive views on solving peacefully the nuclear problem at Korean peninsula. The DPRK may get the necessary security guarantees.
A delegation of the Central Committee of the National Construction Front of Laos led by Sisavath Keobounphanh, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and chairman of the C.C., the National Construction Front of Laos, visited the DPRK in August 2003.
A high-level military delegation from the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) visited the DPRK in August 2003 as guests of Jo Myongrok, first deputy chairman of the DPRK Defense Commission and director-general of the Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army. Kim Jong Il participated the talks.
In August 2003 the DPRK and Vietnam agreed to boost their legislative cooperation.
In September 2003 Prime Minister of the Government N. Enkhbayar, chairman of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, said that the friendly and cooperative relations between Mongolia and the DPRK are growing stronger with each passing day.
September 2003. Russia will continue to develop the bilateral relations with the DPRK and invariably implement in the future, too, its commitments made in the Moscow declaration, a result of the meeting of President Putin and Chairman of the National Defence Commission Kim Jong Il irrespective of the outcome of the six-way talks.
Vice-president of Presidium of DPRK SPA met Lao delegation in Pyongyang on September 26th, 2003. The 2004-2008 agreement on developing the friendly and cooperative relations and exchange between the DPRK and Laos was immediately signed in Vientiane.
In the turn of September - October 2003 trade unions of the DPRK and Syria had a friendly meeting in Pyongyang.
The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea hosted a reception on October 11th, 2003 in honor of the delegation of the United Democratic Front of Malawi.
Delegation of Vietnamese Foreign Ministry visited Pyongyang in October 2003.
October 22nd, 2003. Vice-Marshal of the Korean People's Army Kim Il Chol, minister of the People's Armed Forces, met and had a friendly talk with a delegation of officers in charge of diplomatic affairs of the Chinese People's Liberation Army led by Jia Xiaoning, vice-director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Defense Ministry.
In the end of October 2003 a delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) carried out a good-will visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) at the invitationof the Workers' Party of Korea.
In the turn of October-November 2003 China's top legislator Wu Bangguo carried out an official goodwill visit to the DPRK.
Lao People's Democratic Republic and Democratic People's Republic of Korea are pushing forward relations and cooperation between two youth organizations, as high-ranking delegation of the Kim Ill Sung Socialist Central Youth League led by Mr. Chang Yong Chol, its Secretary, vivited Vientiane in November 2003 in response to the invitation of the Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union.
An inter-governmental agreement on the Mongolian government's grant-in-aid to the DPRK government was signed In Pyongyang on November 20th, 2003.
The 50th anniversary of Sino-DPRK cooperation agreement was celebrated both in Pyongyang and Beijing on November 2003.
On November 21st, 2003 the Vietnam-DPRK inter-governmental Committee on Economic, Scientific and Technological Co-operation met at the fifth session in Hanoi to seek ways to boost bilateral economic and commercial co-operation.
November 25, 2003 Kim Yong Il, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, met Member of the Chinese State Council Tang Jiaxuan, Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and Vice-Ministers of Foreign Affairs Dai Bingguo and Wang Yi and conversed with them over the issue of the bilateral relations and matters of mutual concern in Beijing between Nov. 22 and 24.
December 5, 2003. Wu Guanzheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China who is also secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Party, met a delegation of the Central Committee of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland led by Director of the Secretariat Jo Kyu Il at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 3. The long-standing Sino-Korean friendship was personally provided and brought into bloom by the leaders of old generation of the two countries and sealed in blood in the joint struggle of the two peoples against the Japanese and U.S. imperialists, the secretary said.
December 5, 2003. Vice-Marshal of the Korean People's Army Kim Il Chol, minister of the People's Armed Forces, met and had a talk with a delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of Defense led by Major General of the Vietnam People's Army Ho Sy Hau. In Pyongyang present there were generals and officers of the KPA and the Vietnamese ambassador and military attache here.
It is necessary to boost the relations between the Brazilian Workers' Party and the Workers' Party of Korea, the ruling parties of Brazil and the DPRK, in order to develop the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries, said Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva when meeting with a delegation of the WPK headed by vice-department director of its Central Committee Pak Kyong Son on Nov. 27, 2003.
In December 2003 A delegation of the Vietnam - DPRK Parliamentary Friendship Group led by Trang A Pao, member of the National Assembly's Standing Committee and Chairman of the NA Council for Ethnic Minorities, paid a five-day friendship visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
December 15th, 2003. Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, met and had a friendly talk with a delegation of the Commission for External Affairs of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party led by Vilayvanh Phomkhe, vice-chairman of the commission, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall.
January 30th, 2004. Nigeria's stand and determination to develop its relations with the DPRK remain unchanged and it will make every possible effort to do so. Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said this when meeting and having a friendly talk with a delegation of the DPRK led by Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, on a visit to Nigeria on Jan. 28. The president noted what is most important at present is to ensure lasting peace in the world and to this end there should be a peaceful atmosphere in which the security of all countries is guaranteed. The issue of Korea's reunification and nuclear issue should be solved peacefully through dialogue and negotiations between the parties concerned, he stressed.
A commercial delegation of the DPRK visited Libya in February 2004.
On February 24th, 2004 a nuclear power co-operation agreement was signed between the DPRK and Argentina in Hanoi. A the same time legislative co-operation agreemenets were signed between the DPRK and Vietnam.
March 23rd, 2004. Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China Li Zhaoxing and his party arrived in Pyongyang at the invitation of Paek Nam Sun, foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
May 28th, 2004. China to Donate Glass Factory to DPRK.
The traditional DPRK-China friendship is steadily growing stronger under the deep care of the top leaders of the two countries. Several meetings between them in recent years including leader Kim Jong Il's historic visit to China in April, 2004 marked significant occasions in improving the bilateral relations of friendship and cooperation.
The two countries are improving the bilateral relations in political, economic, cultural and all other fields while actively supporting and cooperating with each other despite the complicated international situation.
The new collective leadership of China led by Hu Jintao sets great store traditional Sino-DPRK friendship and has exerted big efforts to boost it.
It is clearly evidenced by the Chinese government's decision to offer a glass factory to the DPRK.
The government decided to donate a modern glass factory to the DPRK when the Chinese state delegation led by Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, visited the DPRK in October 2003.
This encourages the Korean people in their efforts to build a great prosperous powerful nation.
The two countries have agreed to hold a ground-breaking ceremony on July1, 2004.
The factory would make a substantial contribution to socialist economic construction and to the improvement of the standard of the people's living.
It will rise as one of the biggest symbol of the DPRK-China friendship.
The bilateral relations will as ever grow stronger and develop at a new higher stage to display their tremendous vitality.
June 26th, 2004. Laotian PM Refers to Friendship with DPRK.
Boungnang Vorachit, prime minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, expressed the belief that the strategic and comradely relations of friendship between the DPRK and Laos would as ever grow strong when receiving Choe Pyong Gwan, DPRK ambassador to Laos, who paid a farewell call on him on June 18. He said that the two countries could continue boosting the friendly relations despite the complicated situation thanks to General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea Kim Jong Il and Laotian President Khamtay Siphandone.
He extended thanks to the Party and government of the DPRK for rendering precious material aid to Laos during its difficult times and supporting the Laotian revolutionary cause.
He wished Kim Jong Il greater success in his leadership over the Party, the state and the army of the DPRK and in the work to defend the country and achieve national prosperity and the country's reunification.
June 29th, 2004. A Chinese government economic and trade delegation led by Chen Jian, assistant to the minister of Commerce of China, visited Pyongyang. It was greeted at the airport by Kim Jong Gi, vice-minister of Foreign Trade, Yun Su Ryong, vice-minister of Construction and Building-Materials Industries, officials concerned, Chinese Ambassador e.p. to the DPRK Wu Donghe and staff members of the embassy here. DPRK-China Talks Helds between the government economic and trade delegations of the DPRK and China were held at the People's Palace of Culture on June 30th, 2004. Present at the talks were the DPRK delegation led by Kim Jong Gi, vice-minister of Foreign Trade, the Chinese delegation led by Chen Jian, assistant to the minister of Commerce of China, Chinese Ambassador e.p. to the DPRK Wu Donghe and staff members of the embassy here. Documents on the economic cooperation between the two countries signed by the heads of the two delegations were exchanged on the same day.
July 4th - 5th, 2004. Friendly talks on issues of mutual interests took place between DPRK Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Viktorovich Lavrov, in Pyongyang, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall.
July 9th, 2004. Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk staying in the DPRK visited the Kumsusan Memorial Palace and paid homage to President Kim Il Sung on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of his demise.
July 12th, 2004. Talks between Vice-Marshal of the Korean People's Army Kim Il Chol, member of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and minister of the People's Armed Forces, and Colonel General Cao Gangchuan, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, state councilor and minister of Defence, were held at the August 1 Building in Beijing. At the talks both sides exchanged views on the issue of boosting the traditional relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries and the two armies of the DPRK and China and other issues of mutual concern.
July 14th, 2004. The President of the People's Democratic Republic of Korea's People's Supreme Assembly, Choe Thae Bok, condemned in Havana Washington's maneuvers to destroy the Cuban Revolution. In a message to the President of the Cuban Parliament, Ricardo Alarcon, Choe expressed his rejection of the Bush administration's recent measures against the Cuba and the Cuban American community in the United States.
In September 2004 both Russia and China expressed in an exceptionally strong way their friendship with the DPRK.
September 2004. The 23rd Economic and Scientific-Technical Commission between Cuba and the Democratic People´s Republic of Korea was held at the Sojedong Residential Complex in Pyongyang.
November 7th, 2004. Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, met and had a friendly talk with the government delegation of Uganda led by Amama Mbabazi, minister of Defence of Uganda, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall. At the meeting the head of the delegation said it is a tragedy that a homogeneous nation lives separated, adding that he fully supports the Korean people in their struggle for country's reunification.
November 8th, 2004. Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, met and had a friendly talk with a government delegation of the Democratic Republic of Congo led by Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Raymond Ramazani Baya at the Mansudae Assembly Hall.
In November 2004 DPRK military delegation visited Cuba.
In the turn of November - December 2004 a delegation of Workers´ Party of Korea visited Cuba.
February 2005. Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly again met the delegation of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) led by Wang Jiarui, head of the department, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall. There was an exchange of views on the issue of boosting the friendly and cooperative relation between the two countries and common concern.
On March 5th, 2005 China called the U.S. to accept Pyongyang´s claim for bilateral talks between the DPRK and the U.S. At the same time China said that it will not accept any kind of pressure on the DPRK.
In March 2005 the DPRK Prime minister vitited China by China´s froreign minister´s invitation.
In March 2005 the delegation of supreme people´s council of the DPRK visited the LAO PDR.
April 2005. Kang Sok Ju, first vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, paid a working-level visit to the People's Republic of China at the invitation of Dai Bingguo.
In May 2005 the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth of Democratic People's Republic of Korea DPRK delegation visited Lao People´s Democratic Republic.
In May 2005 a delegation of Chinese Communist Youth League visited Pyongyang.
In the turn of May-June 2005 Lao PDR Party and Government delegations visited the DPRK. There were especially security issues on the table.
In the turn of July - August 2005 a high-ranking delegation from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea led by its Foreign Minister Paek Nam-Sun made a short working visit to Laos at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Somsavat Lengsavad.
In August 2005 a Vietnamese military delegation visited the DPRK.
August 2005. A Chinese government economic and trade delegation led by Chen Jian, assistant to the minister of Commerce visited the DPRK.
September 2005. A DPRK delegation visited Cuba and Venezuela.
In the turn of September-October 2005 a Vietnamese foreign ministry delegation visted the DPRK.
October 2005. A Chinese governmental economic delegation visited the DPRK.
October 2005. A delegation of the Communist Party of Cuba visited the DPRK.
October 2005. A delegation ot the Popular Liberation Movement of Angola visited the DPRK.
October 2005. A Russian presidential office level delagation vistited the DPRK.
October 2005. Democratic People´s Republic of Korea and Peoples´ Republic of China inked a historical document on close mutual economic cooperation.
In the turn of October - November 2005 The Chinese president Hu Jintao visited the DPRK.
In November 2005 a delegation of the Cuban Prensa Latina News Agency visited the DPRK.
In December 2005 DPRK governmental delegation visited China.
In the turn of 2005 - 2006 China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea signed an agreement on the joint exploitation of offshore oil.
January 2006. Leader Kim Jong Il visited China.
April 2006. A high-level Chinese military delegation visited the DPRK:
May 2006. The DPRK and Cuba inked on high party level a coperation agreement.
June 2006. A Venezuelan governmental delegation visited the DPRK.
June 2006. A DPRK governmental delegation visited Cuba.
June 2006. A DPRK commercial delegation visited Libya.
June 2006. A DPRK governmental delegation attended as an observer the 7th summit of African Union in Gambia.
July 2006. A Chinese governmental delegation led by the Chinese Vice Premier visited Pyongyang.
July 2006. A high ranking Vietnamese Communist Party delegation visited the DPRK.
October 2006. Chinese president Hu Jintao´s special envoy Tang met with leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang.
November 2006. A delegation of the DPRK Supreme Peoples´ Assembly made an official visit to Iran.
May 2007. An Iranian parliamentary delegation visited Pyongyang.
May 2007. A DPRK governmental delegation visited Cuba.
May 2007. A Laotian party delegation visited Pyongyang.
May 2007. A DPRK forgein ministry delegation visited Cuba.
May 2007. Iran promised economic and technical aid to the DPRK.
June 2007. A Vietnamese National Assembly delegation visited the DPRK.
June 2007. An Angolan military delegation visised the DPRK.
June 2007. A delegation of Workers´ Party of Korea visted Egypt, Syria and Yemen.
July 2007. Chinese Foreign Minister visited Pyongyang.
August 2007. Lao PDR high ranking delegation visited Pyongyang.
August 2007. DPRK high ranking delegation visited Vientiane.
August 2007. DPRK high ranking delegation visted Iran.
August 2007. A delegation of Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League visited Venezuela and Cuba.
September 2007. A high level DPRK delegation visited Iran and participated the meeting of NAM-countries inTehran.
September 2007. Myanmar foreign ministry delegation visted th DPRK.
September 2007. DPRK and China foreign minister level delegations met in Beijing.
September 2007. A delegation of Syrian Baath-party visited Pyongyang.
October 2007. A delegation of DPRK foreign ministry visited Russia.
October 2007. A high level Vietnamese delegation visited Pyongyang.
October 2007. The DPRK PM visited Vietnam, Laos, Kambodzha and Malaysia.
October 2007. High ranking political delegations of the DPRK and Syria met in Damascus.
November 2007. A Namibian governmental delegation visited the DPRK.
November 2007. A DPRK delagation visited Russia and Belarus.
November 2007. Kim Jong Il discussed in Pyongyang with a high ranking Communist Party of China official. They noted successful developement programs in both countries.
November 2007. The DPRK and Cambodia agreed on inter-sector further cooperation, especially in foreign politics.
November 2007. DPRK government delegation visited Cuba and Chile.
December 2007. A delegation of the Laos-DPRK friendship association visited Pyongyang.
December 2007. Cuba and the DPRK signed economical and political cooperation agreement in Havanna.
February 2008. A high level Chinese Party delegation visited the DPRK:
February 2008. The DPRK and Cuba signed agreement for mutual cultural exchange.
April 2008. A delegation of Workers´ Party of Korea visited Beijing.
April 2008. A delegation of Workers´ Party of Korea visited Nicaragua.
April 2008. A North Korean delegation visited Cuba.
April 2008. A Libyan foreign ministry delegation visited the DPRK.
April 2008. A North Korean foreign ministry delegation visited China.
April 2008. A Ugandan party and government military delegationi visited the DPRK.
May 2008. Vietnam Foreign ministry delegation visited the DPRK:
May 2008. An Iranian friendship delegation visited the DPRK.
May 2008. An Indian Foreign Ministry delegation visited th DPRK.
June 2008. Vice President of China visited the DPRK.
June 2008. A DPRK delegation visited Laos and Indonesia.
June 2008. A DPRK delegation participated in the 4th Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting for Solidarity with Cuba to be held in Sri Lanka.
June 2008. Vice president of China visited the DPRK
June 2008. DPRK security ministry delegation visited Vietnam and Laos.
July 2008. A DPRK delegation visited Cuba.
July 2008. The DPRK signed TAC-agreement (Treaty of Amity and Cooperation with member states of the ASEAN-organization.
July 2008 A high level Chinese Party delegation visited the DPRK.
July 2008. DPRK Foreign Minister visited Vietnam.
September 2008. A governmental delegation of Democratic Peoples´ of Republic of Laos visited the DPRK. A joint committee was established.
September 2008. Cuba and the DPRK signed a friendship and solidarity agreement in Pyongyang when Cuban officials visited ceremonies of 60th anniversary of the DPRK.
September 2008. Mongolian governmental delegation visited the DPRK.
September 2008. Vietnamese commerce and industry delegation visited the DPRK.
October 2008. A delegation of Vietnamese internal security ministry visited the DPRK.
October 2008. Delegation of Namibian Foreign Ministry visited the DPRK:
October 2008. A high level Lao delegation visited the DPRK.
October 2008. Myanmar foreign minister visited the DPRK.
November 2008. A high level DPRK lawmaker delegation visited the Lao PDR.
November 2008. Iranian Foreign Minister visited the DPRK.
November 2008. DPRK foreign ministry delegation visited Nepal.
November 2008. DPRK foreign ministry delegation visited Kazakhstan.
December 2008. Workers´ Party of Korea and General Congress Party of Yemen signed agreement of friendship and coopreation.
January 2009. Chinese foreign ministry delegation visited the DPRK.
January 2009. A high level Chinese Communist Party delegation visisted the DPRK.
January 2009. A delegation of Foreign Ministry of Russia visited the DPRK.
March 2009. Egyptian Foreign Ministry delegation visted the DPRK.
March 2009. DPRK Prime Minister visted China
April 2009. A delegation of Workers´ Party of Korea visited several countries in Latin America.
April 2009. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Pyongyang.
May 2009. A DPRK governmental delegation led by Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun visited Cuba.
May 2009. A governmental delegation of DPRK visited Zimbabwe and a Zimbabwean governmental delegation visited Pyongyang.
May 2009. A delegation of Workers´ Party of Brazil visited the DPRK.
July 2009. A delegation of the DPRK participated the 15th Summit of Non-Aligned Countries Movement in Egypt.
August 2009. A delegation of Communist Party of China visited Pyongyang.
September 2009. Cuban Foreign Minister visited the DPRK.
September 2009. Foreign Ministers of the DPRK and China met in Beijing.
September 2009. A delegation of Lao People´s Revolutionary party visited the DPRK:
September 2009. A Chinese heavy industry technical delegation visited the DPRK.
September 2009. A high ranking DPRK military delegation met with their Chínese counterparts in Beijing.
October 2009. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited the DPRK.
October 2009. A DPRK Party delegation visited the Lao PDR.
October 2009. A DPRK Party delegation visited Beijing.
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