China and North Korea agree to promote ties
(VOVWORLD) - A special envoy of Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed Friday with the closest aide of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to promote better bilateral ties, amid an ongoing pause in Pyongyang's saber-rattling.
The agreement was reached between Song Tao, head of the Chinese Communist Party's International Department, and Choe Ryong Hae, a vice chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, during a meeting in Pyongyang.
The Chinese department said the senior officials agreed that "both sides should make joint efforts to promote the development of relations between the two parties and the two countries to benefit their peoples." The meeting took place after a Chinese delegation led by Song arrived in the North Korean capital in the afternoon.