Xi Jinping to Make First Visit to North Korea Since 2019 on June 8-9
Chinese and North Korean state media announced the two-day state visit on June 5. The trip follows a new North Korean nuclear facility and recent high-level meetings in Beijing.
Al JazeeraChinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea for a state visit on June 8-9 at the invitation of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The announcement was issued simultaneously on June 5 by Chinese and North Korean state media. It marks Xi’s first visit to North Korea since June 2019.
The two governments released no details on the agenda or expected outcomes. Foreign ministries in both capitals offered no further comment on Friday. The visit follows a September meeting in Beijing at which Xi and Kim pledged mutual support and enhanced cooperation.
Kim attended a Chinese military parade in the capital that month alongside other foreign leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin. North Korea unveiled a new facility to produce ingredients for nuclear bombs on June 4. South Korea’s military assessed the site as a uranium enrichment plant.
N. Security Council. A Kremlin statement last month recorded their joint opposition to “foreign policy isolation, economic sanctions, military pressure” directed at Pyongyang.
N. has imposed economic sanctions on North Korea because of its nuclear and missile development. Xi’s last overseas trip before the announced North Korea visit was to South Korea last fall for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in quick succession in Beijing.
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