Chinese president's special envoy meets DPRK vice FM

Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo (L), Chinese President Hu Jintao's  special envoy, shakes hands with Kang Sok Chu, First Vice Foreign Minister  of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), before their talks in  Pyongyang, capital of the DPRK, on Sept. 16, 2009.(Xinhua/Zhang Binyang)

PYONGYANG, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- State Councilor Dai Bingguo, Chinese President Hu Jintao's special envoy, met and held talks here with Kang Sok Chu, First Vice Foreign Minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday.

They thoroughly exchanged views on bilateral relations and regional and international issues of common concern.

Dai arrived at Pyongyang on Wednesday.