Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and North Korean official Kim Song Nam backed continued bilateral ties at a Beijing meeting Thursday, Anadolu Agency reported, citing China’s Foreign Ministry.
Anadolu said the ministry reported that Wang wanted Beijing to put the leaders’ important consensus into practice and maintain momentum in bilateral relations. Kim said Pyongyang would act in line with the leaders’ wishes and continue work to strengthen ties with China, the agency reported.
Anadolu said the ministry identified delegation leader Kim Song Nam as a Political Bureau member and director of the International Department of the Workers’ Party of Korea’s Central Committee.
Anadolu also said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un spent a day in Dandong last month before the Beijing talks.
