Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit North Korea later this week amid high tensions with the US
2019-06-18 10:31:33 source：CNBC
June 18, 2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea this week for a two-day visit, ahead of a possible meeting between Xi and President Donald Trump at next week’s G-20 economic summit in Japan.
China’s state media announced Monday that Xi will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who has resisted calls to give up his nuclear weapons.
Xi’s visit to North Korea could represent a new effort by Beijing to encourage its isolated neighbor to resume dialogue with the U.S. over denuclearization. Xi could offer a plan for Pyongyang and Washington to resume formal talks and also be looking to gain leverage with Trump as the U.S.-China trade war continues to simmer.
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