Chinese leader Xi Jinping visit to North Korea confirmed for next week

AC Alyssa ChenSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-06-05 · 02:09 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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Chinese President Xi Jinping will undertake a state visit to North Korea on June 8th and 9th, at the invitation of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. This visit, reported by Xinhua, is intended to demonstrate the strong ties between the two nations. It marks Xi's second trip to North Korea, with his previous visit occurring in 2019, prior to the border closures caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The visit is framed as a display of solidarity between China and North Korea.

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Xi Jinping last visited North Korea in 2019.

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This will be Xi Jinping's second visit to North Korea.

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Xi Jinping's visit is at the invitation of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit North Korea next Monday and Tuesday.

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The visit is described as a show of the two countries’ strong ties.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit North Korea next Monday and Tuesday in a show of the two countries’ strong ties.At the invitation of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Xi will pay a state visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea from June 8 to 9, Xinhua reported on Friday morning, citing a statement from the China" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="140651" data-entity-type="organization">International Department of the Central Committee of the China" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="7909" data-entity-type="organization">Communist Party of China.The trip will be Xi’s second to North Korea. The Chinese president visited in 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic shut border crossings between the countries for years.

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