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Xi Jinping Begins First North Korea Visit in Nearly Seven Years
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is scheduled to arrive in Pyongyang on June 8, 2026, for his first visit to North Korea in nearly seven years. He published an op-ed in Rodong Sinmun the same day calling for closer bilateral ties.
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping is scheduled to arrive in Pyongyang on June 8, 2026, for a two-day state visit that marks his first trip to North Korea in nearly seven years. Xi published an op-ed in Rodong Sinmun on the same day. The piece appeared on the front page of the daily, the official newspaper of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea.
In the op-ed, Xi called for a multipolar world and inclusive economic globalization. He stated that ties between China and North Korea should continue to develop amid turbulent and complex global conditions. Xi called for closer strategic communication between the two countries.
He also called for joint efforts to safeguard the international system centered around the United Nations and an international order grounded in international law. Recalling his six previous meetings with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Xi stated that ties between China and North Korea will remain unwavering regardless of how global circumstances change.
He said safeguarding peace and stability in the region is a shared aspiration of both the Chinese and North Korean peoples.
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