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Xi and Kim Hold First Beijing Talks in Six Years After Parade With Putin

Beijing describes the session as an intensified exchange to strengthen strategic communication.

Chinas Präsident Xi Jinping (l.) und Nordkoreas Machthaber Kim Jong Un (r.) in Peking.
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Xi Jinping mit Kim Jong Un
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Overview

  • Chinese state media said Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un met for bilateral talks in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
  • Kim had stood alongside Xi and Vladimir Putin at a Tiananmen Square military parade marking 80 years since Japan’s 1945 surrender.
  • China’s foreign ministry said it is ready to work with the DPRK to deepen strategic communication and share governance experience.
  • Beijing defended inviting Putin and Kim to the parade and responded to criticism, including President Trump’s accusation of a conspiracy and an EU rebuke.
  • Analysts read the visit as a step toward normalizing China–North Korea ties after sparse contact since 2019, against South Korean reports of DPRK troops and arms supporting Russia in Ukraine.