Xi, Kim to create ‘bright future’ of bilateral ties

Pyongyang/Beijing, June 20

Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un agreed here on Thursday to work together to create a “bright future” of inter-party and inter-state relations at a new starting point in history, the state-run news agency reported.

Xi became the first Chinese head of state to visit Pyongyang in 14 years and the fifth since the two nations established diplomatic relations in 1949. 

The two leaders held summit talks. “The China-North Korea friendship is a strategic choice made by the two sides with a long-term and overall perspective and will not waver due to changes in the international situation,” Xi said. Kim said he fully agreed with “the insightful analysis and future plan Xi made on bilateral relations and that it was an unswerving policy of the DPRK's party and government to carry forward the DPRK-China friendship from generation to generation”. — IANS