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Xi Urges Strategic Resolve as China-North Korea Ties Revive

7/10/2026

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President Xi Jinping urged China and North Korea to maintain strategic resolve as global conditions grow turbulent.
He met North Korean Premier Pak Thae Song in Beijing and pressed for faster implementation of the agreements with Kim Jong Un.
The three-day visit, marking the 65th anniversary of the 1961 China-North Korea friendship treaty, coincided with resumed passenger trains and direct flights between Beijing and Pyongyang.

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President Xi Jinping urged China and North Korea to maintain strategic resolve as global conditions grow turbulent.
He met North Korean Premier Pak Thae Song in Beijing and pressed for faster implementation of the agreements with Kim Jong Un.
The three-day visit, marking the 65th anniversary of the 1961 China-North Korea friendship treaty, coincided with resumed passenger trains and direct flights between Beijing and Pyongyang.