
North Korea Calls Beijing Winter Olympics "Great Victory" For China
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Kim Jong Un said that he would "steadily develop the relations between the two parties and the two countries to a new high stage."
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a message to Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulating him on the Beijing Winter Olympics as a "great victory" and saying he wanted to improve relations between their countries, state news agency KCNA reported on Friday.
"The successful opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics despite the worldwide health crisis and unprecedented severe circumstances is another great victory won by socialist China," Kim said in the letter, according to KCNA.
Kim said that he would "steadily develop the relations between the two parties and the two countries to a new high stage."
The Olympics are due to open in Beijing on Friday.