The Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and the Communist Party of China agreed to widen foreign-affairs coordination in Beijing, citing understandings between their leaders as a basis for closer ties, KCNA reported Saturday.
The Korea Herald reported that Kim Song Nam led a WPK delegation invited by the Communist Party of China Central Committee, arriving in Beijing Tuesday for a four-day visit. He met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday, Nov. 5, before holding talks with senior Chinese officials Liu Haixing and Cai Qi the following day. China’s embassy in South Korea said Wang was ready to work with Pyongyang to carry out understandings made by the countries’ leaders and advance bilateral relations. EconoTimes previously covered Kim and Wang’s talks.
Kim met Liu, who heads the International Liaison Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Friday, Nov. 6. KCNA said Kim described efforts to meet the first-year objectives of a five-year plan established at the WPK’s Ninth Congress, with party members and the public mobilized to help achieve them. Liu said Beijing placed importance on the delegation’s visit and its relevance to bilateral relations, the agency reported.
The two parties expressed mutual support for socialist construction and external relations and called for more coordination between departments responsible for international affairs, KCNA said. The report said both sides also intended to follow through on understandings reached by their leaders.
Cai, a member of the Communist Party of China’s Politburo Standing Committee, met Kim on Friday. KCNA said Cai affirmed that China would continue supporting North Korea’s socialist cause and safeguarding shared interests despite shifts in the international environment. Cai also referred to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s June 2026 visit to North Korea and the countries’ longstanding ties, the agency said. Kim said the two leaders’ guidance remained central to bilateral friendship and Pyongyang would continue advancing relations rooted in socialism, KCNA reported.
