- Title: Xi wraps up lavish North Korea visit
- Date: 21st June 2019
- Summary: ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF XI AND KIM READING LIST OF MARTYRS PAINTING ON THE WALL XI TALKING WITH KIM VARIOUS OF XI SIGNING BOOK EXTERIOR OF FRIENDSHIP TOWER VARIOUS OF XI AND KIM WALKING OUT EXTERIOR OF BUILDING XI AND KIM SHAKING HANDS XI AND KIM WALKING EXTERIOR OF BUILDING VARIOUS OF XI AND KIM WALKING AND TALKING VARIOUS OF XI AND KIM SITTING
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- Keywords: Kim Jong Un North Korea Pyongyang Xi Jinping relations visit
- Location: PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA
- City: PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA
- Country: North Korea
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,China (PRC),Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,North Korea,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001AKAA347
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed that strengthening bilateral ties, at a time of "serious and complicated" international affairs, is good for regional peace, North Korean state media said on Friday (June 21).
Xi left the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, on Friday after a two-day visit, the first by a Chinese leader in 14 years, during which he got a lavish reception that included thousands of people holding up placards that formed a picture of Xi's face and the Chinese flag, and a performance of the song "I Love Thee, China".
China's state television CCTV showed the last day of the visit on Friday, including a visit to the Friendship Tower, which commemorates Chinese troops who fought together with North Koreans during the 1950-53 Korean War, for Xi and Kim to pay their respects.
China is the North's only major ally and Xi's visit is aimed at bolstering the isolated country against pressure from U.N. sanctions over its nuclear and missile programmes and a breakdown in denuclearisation talks with the United States.
The visit comes a week before Xi and U.S. President Donald Trump are due to meet at a G20 summit in Japan amid a trade dispute that has rattled global financial markets.
Kim said Xi's visit, which may see China offer fresh support for North Korea's floundering, sanctions-bound economy, was "decisive" to show their unchanging friendship to the world, KCNA said.
The two leaders had agreed to promote close strategic communication and strengthen cooperation in all fields, KCNA said.
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