A senior North Korean party official and China's top political adviser have met in Pyongyang and discussed ways to strengthen bilateral exchanges and cooperation, the North's state media said Thursday. Jo Yong-won, a secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, and Wang Huning, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), held talks Wednesday, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Wang is leading a Chinese party and government delegation on a three-day visit to North Korea through Friday to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the two countries. During the talks, Jo said the rapidly changing international political situation "has required the two countries to further strengthen the militant unity, support and solidarity and steadily intensify and develop the friendly and cooperative relations" based on the spirit of the treaty. Jo also said bilateral ties have entered a new stage of development under the leadership of North Korean leader Kim