SEOUL (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un the significance of cooperation between the two countries, North Korea’s state media KCNA reported on Saturday.
In a message to Kim, Xi said China is ready to work, together with the Korean side, to steadily develop the China-DPRK relations of friendship and cooperation … “under a new situation”, KCNA said.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is North Korea’s official name.
KCNA did not further elaborate on the nature of “a new situation.”