 |
| ▲ This Korean Central News Agency file image shows Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) shaking hands with his North Korean counterpart, Choe Son-hui, during their meeting in Beijing on Sept. 28, 2025. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap) |
(LEAD) China FM-N Korea
(LEAD) China's foreign minister to visit N. Korea on April 9-10: KCNA
(ATTN: REWRITES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout with background)
SEOUL, April 8 (Yonhap) -- China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit North Korea this week, North Korea's state media reported Wednesday, in a trip that comes ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's planned visit to China in May.
The Chinese foreign minister will travel to North Korea from Thursday to Friday at the invitation of the North's foreign ministry, the Korean Central News Agency said, without providing further details.
The upcoming visit will mark Wang's first trip to North Korea since September 2019 and is expected to include a meeting with North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui. The two last held talks in Beijing in September last year.
Wang is also likely to pay a courtesy call on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
The trip also comes ahead of Trump's planned visit to China next month for talks with President Xi Jinping, amid speculation that Trump may seek to meet Kim during the trip.
The visit comes as North Korea and China recently resumed direct rail and flight services between them for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of efforts to improve ties frayed by Pyongyang's alignment with Russia.
(END)
(C) Yonhap News Agency. All Rights Reserved
