“No matter how the international storm changes, safeguarding, consolidating and developing relations between China and North Korea will always be a firm policy direction of the Chinese Communist Party and the government,” Chinese state news agency Xinhua quoted Xi as saying.
The reception for the Chinese delegation was attended by prominent figures from the North Korean regime, including Kim’s sister Kim Yo-jong, according to the KCNA report.
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North Korea’s Kim Jong-un oversees Korean war parade alongside Russian and Chinese officials
The Xinhua report said Li told Kim that China wanted to boost cooperation with North Korea to maintain a stable bilateral relationship.
He also referred to five meetings between Xi and Kim in recent years, without saying when they took place.
Friday’s meeting took place a day after Kim and Chinese and Russian officials stood shoulder to shoulder to review North Korea’s newest nuclear-capable missiles and attack drones at a military parade in the capital.
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