On March 24th, 2004, President of the Presidium of DPRK Supreme People's Assembly Kim Yong Nam met with Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing who was on a visit in Pyongyang.

Li Zhaoxing delivered the cordial greetings from Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of China Wu Bangguo to Kim Yong Nam. He said through this visit he was even more impressed by the friendly feelings borne by the DPRK people towards the Chinese people and by the dynamism of the long-standing China-DPRK friendship.

Li Zhaoxing said, as the second session of the 11th DPRK Supreme People's Assembly would take place on 25th of the month, he wished the conference a great success and expected more achievements to be scored by the DPRK people in a variety of fields.

Kim Yong Nam asked Li Zhaoxing to pass on his best wishes to Chairman Wu Bangguo. He briefed Li Zhaoxing on the domestic situation of his country and expressed his gratitude to China for its great amount of selfless assistance to the DPRK over the years. He indicated that it is in the fundamental interests of the two countries and conducive to peace in Asia and the world at large for the DPRK and China to further strengthen their bilateral friendship in the complex international and regional situations.

On the same day Li Zhaoxing met with DPRK's First Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Sok Ju. Li exchanged views with him on further strengthening bilateral friendly relations and held in-dept talks on the nuclear issue.