Xi looks forward to talks with Kim on advancing China-DPRK ties
2026-06-08 10:04:04 source：CGTN
Jun 08, 2026
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, said on Monday that he looks forward to meeting with Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), to discuss the traditional friendship between the two countries, and exchange views on the overall development of bilateral relations.
Xi made the remarks in a signed article published in Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the DPRK, ahead of his state visit to the country slated for Monday and Tuesday, his first in seven years.
Xi said that China and the DPRK are friendly socialist neighbors who stand by each other and share a common future.
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