Xi begins North Korea visit amid focus on alliance ties, regional diplomacy

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Chinese President Xi Jinping is in North Korea for a rare visit as of this Monday.
And while his agenda has yet to be announced a scholar here in South Korea believes the summit between Beijing and Pyongyang holds both symbolic as well as strategic implications.
Our foreign affairs correspondent Oh Soo-young reports.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is making his first visit to North Korea in seven years, triggering questions over both the timing and purpose of the trip.
The Chinese leader arrived in Pyongyang Monday around noon,.. beginning his two-day state visit.
This mark his first trip to North Korea since June 2019, and his first face-to-face summit with regime leader Kim Jong-un in nine months.
It also comes ahead of the anniversary of the July 11th North Korea-China treaty that underpins their military and security ties.
Ahead of the visit, Xi contributed to a front-page article in North Korea's ruling party newspaper, the Rodong Sinmun, to call for closer strategic coordination between Beijing and Pyongyang, deeming their friendship "unbreakable."
He said they should jointly promote a multipolar world and inclusive economic globalization, while defending the international system centered on the United Nations and the international order based on international law.

"From China's perspective, rather than specific agenda items, the visit comes after the U.S.-China summit and the China-Russia summit. So China wants to send an external message that it is leading the East Asian security order, or even the broader global diplomatic and security order. For Beijing, there is actually not much to ask of Pyongyang."

However, from North Korea's perspective, it still needs China's political and economic support.

"North Korea's biggest concern is how to secure Chinese support once the Russia-Ukraine war eventually comes to an end. One example is the Wonsan-Kalma resort project, which Kim Jong Un has personally prioritized. For that project to succeed, North Korea needs large numbers of Chinese tourists."

But the biggest question is: how far is China willing to engage North Korea on nuclear issues?
The topic drew renewed attention after Washington said last month's Trump-Xi summit reaffirmed the shared goal of denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula.
Pyongyang has pushed back strongly.
On Sunday, the North Korean leader's powerful sister Kim Yo-jong said Pyongyang's status as a nuclear weapons state was an irreversible reality, and that no outside pressure would change that fact.

"The Unification Ministry said it will refrain from making assumptions about Kim and Xi potentially taking steps to recognise North Korea as a nuclear state.
The ministry said it will closely watch the outcome of the talks as they unfold.
Oh Soo-young, Arirang News."

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2026-06-08, 17:00 (KST)