Kim Jong-un to Seoul [South Korea], August 28 (ANI): North Korean chief Kim Jong-un will attend celebrations in China marking the eightieth anniversary of the tip of World War II, in line with its state media.
Yonhap reported that Chinese President Xi Jinping had invited Kim Jong-un, as cited by North Korean state media, in line with Yonhap news company on Thursday.
Kim ‘will quickly go to the People’s Republic of China on the invitation of Xi Jinping … to take part in celebrations of the eightieth anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance in opposition to Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War,’ the North’s Korean Central News Agency mentioned.
China observes September 3 because the anniversary of what it describes as victory within the wrestle in opposition to Japan in 1945, when Japan was defeated in World War II.
Chinese state media Xinhua said that 26 overseas leaders will attend China’s V-Day commemorations in Beijing. Tens of hundreds of navy personnel are slated to march in formation by means of the historic Tiananmen Square and the parade can be survyed by Xi.
China’s Assistant Foreign Minister Hong Lei, addressing a press briefing in Beijing on Thursday, mentioned that China warmly welcomes the North Korean chief, and China and DPRK are conventional pleasant neighbours.
Russian President Vladimir Putin can be anticipated to attend the occasion, in line with the Chinese overseas ministry.
Hong mentioned on Thursday that the upcoming parade is supposed ‘to display China’s agency willpower to comply with the trail of peaceable growth, its sturdy will to safeguard nationwide sovereignty and territorial integrity, and its highly effective functionality to defend world peace.’
‘No matter how far we develop, China won’t ever search hegemony, by no means pursue growth, and by no means interact in an arms race,’ the Chinese minister was cited as saying by the Global Times.
He mentioned that Putin’s participation on the occasion highlights ‘high-level China-Russia complete strategic partnership of coordination for the brand new period’, and demonstrates the 2 nations’ unity and willpower in collectively safeguarding the victory of World War II.
Meanwhile, Diesel-electric submarines of the Russian Navy and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy have performed a joint patrol within the Asia-Pacific area for the primary time in historical past, Russia’s Pacific Fleet mentioned in a press release as said by Russian media company TASS.
The joint patrol of Russia’s Volkhov submarine with a Chinese submarine was launched in early August, following the conclusion of the China-Russia Exercise Joint Sea 2025 within the Sea of Japan. (ANI)