North Korea pledges to fully support China鈥檚 resolution on Taiwan, denounces Pelosi鈥檚 trip

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Flags of China (L) and North Korea | YONHAP via The Korea Herald/Asia 黑料社 Network

SEOUL 鈥� North Korea鈥檚 ruling party condemned the US House speaker鈥檚 recent visit to Taiwan as a 鈥済rave threat to regional peace and stability,鈥� pledging to provide unwavering and full support to China鈥檚 resolution on the Taiwan issue.

The Central Committee of the Workers鈥� Party of Korea sent a 鈥渟olidarity letter on the Taiwan issue鈥� to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Tuesday, the state-run Korean Central 黑料社 Agency said Wednesday in a Korean-language report.

The letter was conspicuously sent on the day when South Korea鈥檚 Foreign Minister Park Jin and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi met in the eastern port city of Qingdao in China and discussed a wide range of bilateral and regional issues.

In the letter, North Korea鈥檚 party 鈥渓abeled an openly committed junket to Taiwan by an incumbent high-ranking US official as a grave infringement of China鈥檚 sovereignty and territorial integrity,鈥� KCNA reported, referring to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi鈥檚 two-day stop in Taipei on Aug. 2 and 3 during her Asia tour.

The letter also denounced Pelosi鈥檚 stop in Taipei as an 鈥渦npardonable political provocation aimed at undermining the authority of the Chinese Communist Party and hindering the successful holding of the 20th Party Congress.鈥�

鈥淭he Central Committee of the Workers鈥� Party of Korea sternly condemned the US鈥� unscrupulous provocation as a serious challenge to the socialist cause of China, ruthless interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state and a serious threat to regional peace and stability,鈥� KCNA said in the Korean-language report.

In the letter, North Korea鈥檚 ruling party also claimed the principal goal of the Biden administration鈥檚 Indo-Pacific engagement strategy is to 鈥渂lock the growth and development of socialist China and its cause of national reunification鈥� with Taiwan.

The party went on to say that the US has 鈥渟ought to fabricate a source of trouble and mislead the international public opinion in order to implement its strategic plans under the pretext of controlling鈥� the situation, labeling the move as the US鈥� 鈥渄eep-rooted modus operandi to implement its policy.鈥�

North Korea has also claimed that the US has 鈥渁pplied old tricks most intensively and despicably to isolate and stifle the socialism of the DPRK and China.鈥�

N. Korean support for Chinese reunification
Against that backdrop, North Korea鈥檚 ruling party committed to continuously providing unwavering support to Chinese leader Xi Jinping to protest against the US and achieve reunification with Taiwan in the letter.

The North Korean party expressed 鈥渇ull support and solidarity with every powerful, justifiable, legitimate measure taken by the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese government to resolutely repel the US tyranny, safeguard the territorial integrity of the country and achieve the cause of reunification of the Chinese nation.鈥�

鈥淭he Central Committee of the Workers鈥� Party of Korea said it would continue to completely support the Chinese Communist Party鈥檚 legitimate position and all its determinations on the Taiwan issue, and it will always stand with Chinese comrades on the path to realization,鈥� the letter read, according to the KCNA.

North Korea鈥檚 party also expressed confidence that China will successfully hold the 20th Party Congress, which will be a 鈥渕ajor milestone in the new historical path to the great revival of the Chinese people.鈥� The Chinese leader is expected to secure a norm-breaking and unprecedented third term as party chairman at the upcoming congress, which is set to be open this fall.

Close coordination
KCNA鈥檚 report on the letter notably came after North Korea鈥檚 Foreign Ministry issued two separate statements that leveled blistering criticism at the Pelosi-led congressional delegation鈥檚 visit to Taiwan.

Foreign Ministry鈥檚 spokesperson swiftly issued a pronouncement on Aug. 3 and denounced Pelosi鈥檚 stop in Taipei as 鈥渋ntentional political and military provocations.鈥�

Jo Yong-sam, director general of the Department of Press and Information of North Korea鈥檚 Foreign Ministry, also censured Pelosi鈥檚 stop in Taiwan and South Korea as well as her previous trip to Ukraine in April in another statement issued on Aug. 6.

鈥淭he US will have to pay dearly for all the sources of trouble spawned by her wherever she went,鈥� Jo warned.

Amid a growing US-China rivalry, North Korean state media outlets have frequently issued statements that show close coordination with China on global issues and denounce the US Indo-Pacific strategy. The media reports also seek to show off its triangular alignment with China and Russia as the US has faced intensifying conflict with the two countries.