‘A Special Sense of Closeness’: China’s Xi Vows Stronger Ties with North Korea in Rare Visit
Xi said China will keep backing Pyongyang and expand cooperation in trade, technology and health care as the leaders met for a rare summit.
- On Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang for a two-day visit, his first in seven years, to reaffirm Beijing's commitment to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
- Strengthening ties between the two neighbors, who describe themselves as 'blood brothers,' follows a period of cooling over North Korea's military cooperation with Russia and its involvement in the war in Ukraine.
- Kim told Xi that Pyongyang regards bilateral relations as 'the most important and primary strategic undertaking,' while both leaders pledged to 'oppose hegemonism and power politics' in the region.
- An 'important consensus' was reached during the talks, with Xi pledging to expand cooperation in diplomacy, law enforcement, trade, agriculture, technology, and construction to safeguard shared security interests.
- Craig Singleton, a senior China fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said the summit reminds that Beijing still sees Pyongyang as a 'strategic asset,' despite concerns about North Korea's estimated 60 nuclear warheads.
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