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Xi Jinping and N. Korea's Kim Jong-un met in China
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(FILES) A file photo taken in Beijing on March 20, 2018 shows Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) at the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People and a file photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) taken on December 23, 2017 showing North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un during the 5th Conference of the Workers' Party of Korea Cell Chairpersons. (AFP/KCNA VIA KNS/Nicolas Asfouri)
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hinese President Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un met in northeast China on Tuesday in an unannounced visit by the North Korean leader ahead of an expected summit with United States President Donald Trump.
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV showed Xi and Kim taking a seaside stroll in the northeastern city of Dalian and holding talks, while the official Xinhua news agency said the two leaders met on Monday and Tuesday.
It was Kim's second visit to China since March, highlighting efforts by the Cold War-era allies to mend ties that have chilled as Beijing has supported UN sanctions over Pyongyang's nuclear activities.
Beijing is keen to avoid being left out in the cold in the wake of Kim's historic summit last month with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his planned meeting with Trump in June.
"After the first meeting between me and Comrade Chairman [Kim], both China-DPRK relations and the Korean peninsula situation have made positive progress. I feel happy about it," Xi said in reference to North Korea, according to Xinhua.
For his part, Kim was quoted as saying: "These are the positive outcomes of the historic meeting between me and Comrade General Secretary [Xi]."
Japanese media had earlier shown images of an airplane normally used by North Korean VIPs flying out of Dalian, fueling speculation that Kim had been in town.
