{"id":272015,"date":"2026-06-09T11:30:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T07:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=272015"},"modified":"2026-06-09T13:47:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T09:47:29","slug":"chinas-xi-vows-to-elevate-ties-with-north-korea-to-new-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/news\/272015\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Xi vows to elevate ties with North Korea to \u201cnew heights\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On a rare visit to North Korea, Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to bring the complicated traditional alliance to “new heights”, Euronews<\/a> writes.<\/p>\n

Upon arrival at Pyongyang’s international airport on Monday, Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan were greeted by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in a lavish welcome ceremony complete with a red-carpet military salute and cheering crowds, according to Chinese state media.<\/p>\n

Some streets in the capital also displayed North Korean and Chinese flags side by side.<\/p>\n

Buildings surrounding the plaza were draped in the two countries’ flags, giant portraits of Kim and Xi and red-and-yellow banners welcoming the Chinese leader and celebrating the nations’ “friendship and unity.”<\/p>\n

In the evening, Kim threw a banquet for Xi and his delegation.<\/p>\n

During the meeting, Xi expressed China’s willingness to expand cooperation in a wide range of areas including trade, agriculture, construction and technology, China’s state broadcaster CCTV said in an online report.<\/p>\n

Xi said the two countries should strengthen strategic cooperation and firmly safeguard their respective sovereignty and security interests, according to the report.<\/p>\n

Kim, for his part, affirmed that North Korea and China will maintain their friendship as “the most important top-priority strategic work,” the state-controlled official Korean Central News Agency reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Kim called Xi “the greatest state guest.”<\/p>\n

This was Xi’s first visit to North Korea in seven years. Xi and Kim last met in Beijing in September after viewing a military parade alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin and other foreign leaders.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"