North Korea’s ambassador to China has expressed full support for Beijing’s new Hong Kong national security law and promised that his country would “fight side by side” with China against alleged U.S. aggression.

Speaking to the Global Times in an interview published Friday, Ji Jae Ryong, who has been a North Korean ambassador to China since 2010, condemned alleged U.S. interference in Beijing’s internal affairs.

“We express our full support and solidarity with the Chinese people and the Communist Party of China (CPC) in their efforts to resist U.S. interference and arbitrariness, and to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial