北朝鲜领导人金正恩与中共中央总书记、国家主席习近平在周日互致信件以表达加强双边关系的决心，并且对这段关系未来的发展抱有期待。
消息的相互传达发生在北朝鲜和俄罗斯合作范围迅速扩大之际，而此时中国似乎保持着审慎态度。专家表示，接下来几个月中北朝鲜与中国之间的交流与纪念活动水平将为双方具体关系状况提供线索。
金正恩致函给习近平时指出：“我们的政府将继续稳扎稳打地推进并深化两国之间友好及协作的双边关系。”这一信息由北朝鲜的官方新闻机构——朝鲜中央通讯社报道。同时，习近平在回复中写道：“中国愿意共同推动两个国家社会主义事业的稳定发展与进一步进步”，这也被朝鲜中央通讯社报告出来。
北朝鲜与中华人民共和国自1949年10月6日建交以来，双方关系常被称为“唇齿相依”。作为北朝鲜最大的贸易伙伴和主要援助来源国，中国一直被质疑在执行联合国对北朝鲜制裁上不够彻底，并通过秘密援助帮助其贫穷的邻邦维持稳定、继续作为阻挡美国在半岛影响力的一个盾牌。
然而，许多观察人士指出，相较于形成一个由北朝鲜与俄罗斯共同组成的反西方联盟，中国更倾向于保持地区安全环境稳定以应对经济挑战，并且维持与其他国家和地区的关系。特别是欧洲和亚洲伙伴国。
同时，根据朝鲜官方通讯社的报道，在近期的紧张局势中，朝鲜和俄罗斯之间的关系明显更加紧密，其中外界质疑北朝鲜可能向正在乌克兰战争中行动的俄罗斯提供了常规武器以换取军事和经济援助作为回报。在6月份的一次平壤会议后，金正恩与普京总统签署了一项协议，规定如果任一国家遭受攻击时将互相提供军事支持，这被认为是自冷战结束以来两国之间最大的防务协定。
面对来自美国、韩国以及其盟友对于北朝鲜不断推进核武器计划的对抗，金正恩曾表示被迫扩大包括核武与常规武器在内的能力以应对由美国领导的安全威胁。在周日朝鲜中央通讯社报道的一次事件中，金正恩监督了一所军事学院炮兵实弹射击训练的过程，并指出军事学院训练项目的重点应放在“通过快速机动和出其不意的行动消灭敌人的游击战术”上。
新闻来源：www.abcnews.go.com
原文地址：North Korea and China mark their 75th anniversary of ties as outsiders question their relationship
新闻日期：2024-10-06
原文摘要：
The leaders of North Korea and China marked the 75th anniversary of their diplomatic relations on Sunday by exchanging messages that expressed hopes for stronger ties, as outsiders raised questions about their relationship. The message exchange came as North Korea and Russia have been sharply expanding their cooperation while China apparently keeps its distance. Experts say that the level of exchanges and commemorative programs between North Korea and China in the coming months will provide a clue to the exact status of their ties. In a message sent to Chinese President Xi Jinping, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his government will “steadily strive to consolidate and develop the friendly and cooperative relations” between the two countries, according to North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency. Xi, in his message to Kim, said that China is ready to jointly promote “the stable and further advance of the socialist cause in the two countries," KCNA said. Since North Korea and China established diplomatic ties on Oct. 6, 1949, their relationship has often been described as being “as close as lips and teeth.” China, North Korea’s biggest trading partner and main aid provider, has been suspected of avoiding fully implementing U.N. sanctions on North Korea and sending clandestine aid shipments to help its impoverished neighbor stay afloat and continue to serve as a bulwark against U.S. influence on the Korean Peninsula. But many observers say China is reluctant to form a three-way, anti-West alliance with North Korea and Russia as it prefers a stable regional security environment to tackle numerous economic challenges and maintain relationships with Europe and its Asian neighbors. North Korea and Russia have moved significantly closer to each other amid widespread outside suspicions that North Korea has supplied conventional weapons to Russia for its war in Ukraine in return for military and economic assistance. During a meeting in Pyongyang in June, Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a pact stipulating mutual military assistance if either country is attacked, in what was considered the two countries’ biggest defense deal since the end of the Cold War. North Korea is locked in confrontations with the U.S., South Korea and their partners over its advancing nuclear program. Kim has said he was forced to expand both nuclear and conventional capabilities to cope with U.S.-led security threats. On Sunday, KCNA reported that Kim oversaw a live artillery firing drill by cadets of a military academy. After watching the drill, Kim said training programs at the military academy must focus on “the guerrilla war tactics to wipe out the enemies through rapid mobile and surprise operations,” according to KCNA.
