On October 5, 2009, Member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau and Premier of the State Council Wen Jiabao held talks with General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the National Defense Commission of the DPRK Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang. Both sides reached important consensus on China-DPRK relations and the promotion of a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.

Premier Wen relayed sincere greetings and best wishes of Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese President, to Kim. The hard-earned friendship and friendly cooperative relations are achieved with the joint efforts of several generations of the two countries and are a result of the painstaking efforts of the older generations of leaders of the two countries and they conform to the aspiration of the two peoples, Wen said, adding that we should reflect on the past in the light of the present and forge ahead into the future. The two nations should pass on the friendship from generation to generation, which is not only a respect for history and ancestors, but is also being responsible for the future and the coming generations. China is willing to work with the DPRK to maintain high-level exchanges, deepen pragmatic cooperation, strengthen coordination on major issues, and push forward the good-neighborly and friendly cooperative relations, he added.

Kim asked Wen to relay his greetings to Chinese President Hu. Kim said Wen's official goodwill visit, which coincided with the 60th anniversary of the DPRK-China ties and the China-DPRK Friendship Year, demonstrates the importance that the CPC and the Chinese government have attached to developing ties with the DPRK. The celebrations from both sides have been successful and enhanced the DPRK-China traditional friendship, Kim said. The DPRK is ready to make joint efforts with China to further consolidate and strengthen the DPRK-China friendly, cooperative relations, Kim said.

Realizing a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula was the instruction of the late DPRK leader Kim Il Sung and the DPRK's commitment to realizing the denuclearization of the peninsula remains unchanged, Kim said. Through the DPRK-U.S. bilateral meeting, the hostile relations between the two countries must turn into peaceful ones, he said. The DPRK is willing to attend multilateral talks, including the six-party talks, based on the progress in the DPRK-U.S. talks, he said.

Wen said China appreciated the DPRK's commitment to the nuke-free peninsula and the multilateral dialogues, including the six-party talks, to realize this goal. Wen said China is willing to make concerted efforts with the DPRK and other parties concerned to actively contribute to realizing the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and maintaining peace, stability and development in the Northeast Asian region.