Kim Jong Un and Wang Huning Meet in Pyongyang to Carry Out June China-North Korea Agreements

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met Chinese Politburo Standing Committee member Wang Huning in Pyongyang on Thursday. The two sides pledged to implement agreements reached during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to North Korea in June, the first such trip in seven years. Wang arrived in Pyongyang on Wednesday leading a Chinese delegation.

Kim described closer ties with China as a steadfast policy of both nations, according to Korean Central News Agency reports. Wang stated that China's firm support for the cause of Korean socialism led by Kim Jong Un will never be changed. The Chinese delegation visited a memorial to Chinese soldiers from the Korean War, a Workers' Party training school, and the mausoleum of former North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.

Wang also met Jo Yong Won, a top official in North Korea's Workers' Party, where he pledged the will of the Chinese party and government to carry out what Xi and Kim agreed to in June. China remains North Korea's largest economic partner. During Xi's June visit, the two leaders adopted a far-reaching blueprint for strengthening the most powerful and strategic relations, and Xi pushed for closer diplomatic, law enforcement and military cooperation.