{"id":4693,"date":"2026-06-09T07:29:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T07:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=4693"},"modified":"2026-06-09T07:29:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T07:29:39","slug":"xi-jinping-pledges-steadfast-support-to-kim-jong-un-during-rare-visit-to-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=4693","title":{"rendered":"Xi Jinping pledges steadfast support to Kim Jong Un during rare visit to North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SEOUL: Chinese President Xi Jinping has told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that Beijing will not waver in its commitment to shared interests or in its support for the North Korean leadership during a rare summit held in Pyongyang on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Xi said the two neighbouring countries should deepen strategic cooperation and firmly safeguard their sovereignty, security, and development interests, according to an official Chinese summary of the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The visit, Xi\u2019s first to North Korea in seven years, comes at a time when Pyongyang is reportedly benefiting from stronger economic and military ties with Russia, a development that could strengthen Kim Jong Un\u2019s position in future diplomatic engagements. Xi expressed personal warmth toward Kim, saying he felt \u201cdeeply pleased\u201d and a \u201cspecial sense of closeness\u201d during the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reaffirming Beijing\u2019s position, Xi stated that \u201cthe firm support for Comrade General Secretary Kim Jong Un\u2019s leadership of the DPRK socialist cause will not change,\u201d adding that China\u2019s resolve to protect shared strategic interests and maintain a stable regional environment also remains unchanged. DPRK is the acronym for the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Xi was received in Pyongyang with a red-carpet welcome by Kim and his wife Ri Sol Ju, accompanied by a military honour guard. Chinese state media footage showed children presenting bouquets, while a 21-gun salute was fired at Kim Il Sung Square, according to Xinhua news agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chinese president described bilateral relations as being at a \u201cnew historical starting point\u201d and called for expanded cooperation across diplomacy, military affairs, trade, and technology. He added that \u201cimportant consensus\u201d had been reached during talks and noted these developments at a banquet hosted by Kim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Xi also urged efforts to \u201coppose hegemony, authoritarianism and all attempts and conspiracies to revive militarism that endanger regional security and stability,\u201d according to remarks published by North Korean state media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Analysts say the meeting underscores Beijing\u2019s continued view of Pyongyang as a strategic partner. Craig Singleton, a senior China fellow at the Foundation for Defence of Democracies, said the summit highlights shared interests among China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran in countering US influence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since last year, North Korea has resumed cross-border movement with China and expanded exchanges that were previously disrupted during the Covid-19 pandemic. Xi encouraged both sides to use these renewed links to expand people-to-people contacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sydney Seiler of the Washington-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies noted that improving North Korea-Russia ties, along with growing China-North Korea relations, could affect how long Kim Jong Un is able to maintain distance from Washington and Seoul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEOUL: Chinese President Xi Jinping has told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that Beijing will not waver in its commitment to shared interests or in its support for the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[281,2153,2152,1309],"class_list":["post-4693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-china","tag-kim-jong-un","tag-north-korea","tag-xi-jinping"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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