Coffins containing the remains of Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) soldiers are about to be loaded onto vehicles at Taoxian International Airport in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Photo by PAN YULONG / XINHUA / EPA
June 17 (Asia Today) -- China's ambassador to North Korea visited a cemetery for Chinese soldiers killed during the Korean War and emphasized what Beijing describes as the two countries' traditional friendship forged in blood, the Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang said Wednesday.
Ambassador Wang Yajun visited the Chinese People's Volunteers cemetery in Tokchon, South Pyongan province, on Tuesday, according to the embassy.
Chinese Embassy personnel and representatives of Chinese residents, companies and news organizations in North Korea attended the ceremony.
North Korean officials accompanying the delegation included Yun Song-il, a section chief in the First Asian Affairs Department of the Foreign Ministry, Kim Jong-o, director of foreign affairs for the South Pyongan Provincial People's Committee, and Sok Kyong-hye, a cultural department official with the Tokchon City People's Committee.
