Beijing:
China said on Wednesday that the rare summit between Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin “concerns North Korea-Russia relations” as the two leaders met at a Russian space center.
“The North Korean leader’s visit to Russia is an agreement between the two countries and concerns North Korea-Russia relations,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said at a regular news conference.
“China and North Korea are friendly neighbors, connected by mountains and rivers,” she said. “At present, relations between China and North Korea are developing well.”
Kim previously said his country would make bilateral ties with Russia its “number one priority.”
China is North Korea’s longtime treaty ally and main economic benefactor. President Xi Jinping said in April that Beijing would push for a “higher stage” of ties with Pyongyang.
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