November 18, 2017

SHANGHAI (AFP, REUTERS) -  A senior Chinese envoy has discussed regional concerns with officials in Pyongyang, North Korean state media said, as the US presses China to help ease the standoff over the North’s nuclear weapons programmes.

The visit by Mr Song Tao, described by Pyongyang as a special envoy of President Xi Jinping, is the first by a senior Chinese envoy for more than a year.

Mr Song heads the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) international department.

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un and Mr Xi have exchanged messages of congratulations and thanks over the CCP’s national congress last month (Oct), but neither leader has visited the other’s country since assuming power.

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