Overview

• Kim told Xi that North Korea will “invariably” support China’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and development interests, with both sides vowing to expand high-level exchanges and practical cooperation.
• Putin and Kim held bilateral talks in Beijing, where Putin praised North Korean soldiers’ role in Russia’s war in Ukraine and the two discussed long-term cooperation, according to official readouts.
• Xi, Putin and Kim stood together at China’s Victory Day parade in Tiananmen Square in a rare public tableau widely read as a display of solidarity, though no formal trilateral meeting occurred.
• South Korea’s National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik briefly shook hands with Kim at the parade and later met China’s top legislator Zhao Leji to press for a prudent approach to Yellow Sea issues.
• Woo used his Beijing meetings to urge stronger Seoul–Beijing ties and encourage Xi’s attendance at next month’s APEC summit in Gyeongju, underscoring South Korea’s bid to keep channels open.