The Korea Times
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and stressed the need for the two countries to further strengthen visits and contacts at various levels for the "multi-faceted" development of bilateral ties, Pyongyang's state media reported Saturday. Their meeting took place on Friday, the last day of Wang's two-day visit to Pyongyang, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). It marked his first trip to the North since 2019. The meeting came months after Kim held summit talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing last September to discuss ways to deepen bilateral ties, which were seen as strained amid North Korea's military and diplomatic alignment with Russia. During the talks with Wang, Kim underscored the need to "further intensify the visits and contacts at different levels and boost mutual support and cooperation for the protection of the common interests and the multi-faceted and sustained development of the bilateral relations in view of the present international geopolitical situation and the long-term strategic interests of the two
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