원자바오 총리와 이명박 대통령은 현재 일본을 방문해 3개국 정상회담에 참가하고 있다.
원자바오 수상은 “중국은 북한의 지도자가 중국의 개발에 대해 이해하고 자신의 개발계획에 활용할 수 있도록 기회를 제공하려고 초청했다” 고 말한 것으로 인용 보도 되었다.
23일 의전상 이유로 익명을 요구한 청와대 관계자는 “원자바오 수상의 논평은 김정일 위원장의 중국방문을 공식 확인하는 것이다” 고 말했다.
(영문기사 원문)
North Korea's Kim said to be in eastern China city
BEIJING (AP) — China's premier says North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is in the country to learn from its reforms — the latest push to get the reclusive communist country to remold its faltering economy.
The confirmation that the secretive Kim was in China came from Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who told South Korean President Lee Myung-bak that Beijing had invited Kim to study China's economic reforms, according to a statement by Lee's office.
Wen and Lee were in Japan for a three-nation summit.
"We invited (Kim) to give (the North Koreans) a chance to understand the Chinese development and use it for their own development," Wen was quoted as saying in the statement. An official with the South Korean presidential office said Monday that Wen's comments were confirmation Kim was in China. The official spoke on condition of anonymity, citing protocol.
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