Leaders of North Korea, China reach consensus on 'important issue'
Tehran (KNA) - North Korea says it reached a consensus with China on "important issues," and agreed to build on their countries' friendly relations "whatever the international situation".
China's President Xi Jinping paid a visit to Pyongyang, the first by a Chinese leader in 14 years, aimed at bolstering the country against pressure from US-led sanctions.
It came a week before Xi and US President Donald Trump are due to meet at a Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, amid a trade war that has rattled global financial markets.
On the final day the visit, Xi discussed discussed plans to strengthen collaboration, as well as their countries' "major internal and external policies," the North official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Saturday.
Xi pledged assistance for Pyongyang's efforts to ensure its security and development. Kim described the visit an opportunity to demonstrate "the immutability and invincibility of … (their countries') friendship before the world."
An editorial in the official China Daily pledged to help develop the North Korean economy were the right way forward.
Source: PressTV