North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held talks with Wang Huning, China’s fourth-highest-ranked official in Pyongyang, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported on Friday.
– The Chinese delegation led by Wang arrived in Pyongyang on Wednesday, at the invitation of North Korea.
– The meeting is the latest in a series of high-level exchanges between Beijing and Pyongyang following Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to North Korea in June — the first in seven years — and reflects China’s efforts to reinforce its influence over its traditional ally amid North Korea’s deepening ties with Russia.
– Both Kim and Wang said they would work to implement the agreement reached between China and North Korea during Xi’s visit.
– Xi and Kim agreed to expand cooperation in politics, economy and culture as well as strategic communication through visits by high-level officials, KCNA said at the time.
– The Chinese delegation led by Wang also visited a memorial site dedicated to Chinese soldiers who died in the Korean War, a Workers’ Party cadre training school and the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, a mausoleum where the bodies of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il are preserved, KCNA said.