Xi Jinping to Visit North Korea on June 8-9, Xinhua Says
The rare trip comes as North Korea expands its nuclear program and Beijing seeks to keep Pyongyang in its orbit, analysts say.
- On Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping began a two-day visit to Pyongyang, his first trip to North Korea in seven years and his first international journey this year. The visit follows recent summits Jinping hosted with President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing.
- Jinping aims to reassert Beijing's influence over an emboldened Kim Jong Un, who possesses a rapidly expanding nuclear arsenal and a deepening defense partnership with Russia. Jinping seeks to demonstrate China remains Pyongyang's most important economic lifeline and political patron.
- Speculation has intensified regarding a potential third Trump-Kim summit, with analysts in Seoul suggesting a deal similar to the 2019 Hanoi negotiations could be revived, setting aside formal denuclearization for later.
- Kim may view engagement as a diplomatic victory if Trump refrains from raising denuclearization, as the regime prioritizes survival over disarmament. Unless denuclearization is explicitly required, Kim may be willing to meet Trump.
- Such a deal would claim to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula, ending a state of war lasting more than seventy years. Kim would commit to capping his stockpile of over fifty nuclear warheads and pledging not to proliferate technology.
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China's Xi to visit North Korea for first time in seven years as Beijing tests its influence over Kim
North Korea may use the summit as an opportunity to press for economic concessions or Beijing's "tacit recognition" of its nuclear status, analysts say.
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SEOUL >> Chinese President Xi Jinping said it was China’s unwavering policy to upgrade ties with North Korea, and the two countries would work together to fight hegemony and attempts to revive militarism, according to comments published in North Korea’s state newspaper Rodong Sinmun on Monday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping praised the "invincible" friendship between Beijing and Pyongyang before starting on Monday a visit to North Korea, where he must meet Kim Jong-un and reaffirm the influence of his country in the midst of a recomposition of global balances.
ROME, 08 JU - Chinese president Xi Jinping, expected today in North Korea to meet leader Kim Jong Un, praised the "invincible" friendship between the two Allied countries in the party's daily in power in North Korea, as reported by the Afp. (ANSA)
China’s Xi says he will work with North Korea to fight hegemony
China’s President Xi Jinping pledged to work with North Korea to promote fair and orderly multilateralism and inclusive economic globalisation. (AFP pic) SEOUL: Chinese President Xi Jinping said it was China’s unwavering policy to upgrade ties with North Korea, and the two countries would work together to fight hegemony and attempts to revive militarism, according to comments published in North Korea’s state newspaper Rodong Sinmun on Monday. Xi…
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