BEIJING (AP) – China’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong would meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
There were no immediate details about when they would meet.
Kim attended China’s military parade On Wednesday in Beijing, along with other foreign leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kim is taking a rare trip outside North Korea.
Guo Zi-Kung, a spokesman for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the two leaders will give a detailed view on bilateral relations and issues of mutual concern.
He said Kim’s attendance at the parade and consultations with XI will “communicate something very important.”
North Korean leader Arrived in Beijing On a train on Tuesday I was among 26 foreign leaders who saw the parade marking the parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Since taking office in late 2011, it was the first time he has attended an event with a large group of world leaders.
Kim’s first visit to China in six years I brought his young daughteradds to speculation that she is being prepared as the country’s next leader.
His visit to China could be an effort to resume diplomacy with President Donald Trump, who repeatedly emphasized his relationship with Kim and expressed his hopes to resume consultations. North Korea has previously rejected Trump’s outreach, but many analysts say the country will return to consultations if it determines Washington will be big enough.
China, North Korea’s biggest trading partner and the main provider of aid, hopes that its neighbors will return to negotiations and abandon its nuclear weapons development.
North Korea has reached out to Russia and is concerned about Beijing, North Korea’s most important ally. in Meeting with Kim In Beijing after the parade, Putin praised his courage North Korean Soldiers Kim sent to help Russia in the war with Ukraine.
The joint appearance of Kim, XI and Putin in the parade It sparked speculation About joint efforts to push back US pressure on the three countries. Trump said a lot in his social media posts, telling XI to put Putin and Kim to show his warmest and most respectfulness “as you’re conspiring against the United States.”
Putin dismissed the idea at a press conference in Beijing on Wednesday, saying no one has expressed any negative comments about the Trump administration during his trip to China.
“The US president is not without a sense of humor,” he said.
China, North Korea and Russia are caught up in separate conflicts with the US, but have so far not yet have a clear tripartite alliance.
Zhu Feng, dean of Nanjing University’s School of International Relations, said North Korea and “gang-ups” would damage China’s image.
“The view of reinforcement between China and North Korea’s relations between South Korea and Russia should not be overly interpreted,” he said.
