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North Korea, China agree to boost cooperation

The leaders of North Korea and China have exchanged their views on the way forward after last week's historic summit with United States President Donald Trump.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping poses for a photo in Beijing.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands in Beijing. Source: XinHua

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Chinese President Xi Jinping have discussed measures to bolster "strategic and tactical" cooperation between the two countries in a second meeting, the North's state media says.

The meeting between Kim and Xi came on the North Korean leader's second and last day of his latest visit to Beijing where he briefed the Chinese president on his summit with US President Donald Trump last week.

They exchanged "serious views" on the present and "new" situation, Korean Central News Agency said.

On Tuesday, Kim and Xi were reported by North Korean media to have reached an understanding on the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula after discussing the outcome of the US-North Korea summit.

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South Korean President Moon Jae-in has urged North Korea to present actionable plans on how it will scrap its nuclear program, and for the US to swiftly take unspecified corresponding measures.

Chinese President Xi Jingping and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with their respective wives
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju in Beijing Source: AP / Li Xueren

Before meeting with Xi Jinping on Wednesday, Kim visited an agricultural institute run by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, KCNA said, where he observed vegetables being grown inside.

The North Korean leader also visited a traffic control centre in Beijing before departing for Pyongyang on Wednesday afternoon, KCNA said. The visits to the two locations were also reported by Chinese media on Wednesday.

Kim Jong-un has pledged to make the economy in North Korea a priority after he had announced the achievement of a long-held ambition to develop nuclear weapons. North Korean media has in recent months, frequently stressed advancements made in its agricultural and industrial sectors.

In Singapore, Kim had lauded the "clean, beautiful and advanced" nation and said he had learned much from the prosperous country.


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