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Friends reunited! - Kim welcomes Xi with spectacular ceremony at Kim Il Sung Square

"Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang on Monday for a two-day state visit, his first trip to the DPRK since 2019. Footage shows Xi being hosted by DPRK leader Kim Jong Un and his wife, Ri Sol Ju, at Kim Il Sung Square, where crowds carrying flowers, balloons and Chinese and North Korean flags had gathered for a spectacular welcoming ceremony. The June 8-9 visit came at Kim’s invitation and marked Xi’s first overseas trip of 2026. It also preceded the 65th anniversary of the China-DPRK Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, signed on July 11, 1961. The Pyongyang summit follows a series of high-level meetings in Beijing, where Xi Jinping hosted back-to-back meetings with US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin in May. On Xi’s arrival, DPRK state media called for a unified opposition to “hegemonism and power politics” to mark the 65th anniversary of the China-DPRK Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance."

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