North Korea and China leaders agree to boost ties at Pyongyang summit

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a summit in Pyongyang on June 8, agreeing to expand cooperation across various sectors and usher in a new era for their bilateral relations, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

The two leaders committed to deepening strategic communication through high-level official visits. Kim assured Xi of his full support for the "One China principle," a policy Beijing views as asserting that both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one country, irrespective of international shifts.

Xi, on his first visit to North Korea in seven years, stated his intention to leverage the trip as an opportunity to achieve significant progress in bilateral relations. While KCNA reported on the agreements to boost ties, the North Korean media did not specify whether Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program was discussed during the summit.