Pyongyang, January 27 (KCNA) -- Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, met Sun Weidong, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, on a visit to the DPRK on Friday.

During their talk, they expressed the stands of the two sides to significantly commemorate this year marking the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the DPRK and China as the "year of DPRK-China friendship," true to the noble intentions of the top leaders of the two parties and the two countries and continue to strengthen tactical cooperation and keep pace with each other to defend the common core interests.

The talk proceeded in a comradely and friendly atmosphere.

Present there were Pak Myong Ho, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK, and Wang Yajun, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK. -0-