North Korean, Chinese foreign ministers vow to deepen bilateral ties
Published: 10 Apr. 2026, 08:50
![North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui, right, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Pyongyang on April 9 in this photo provided by the Rodong Sinmun. [NEWS1]](https://koreaseafood.online/data/photo/2026/04/10/4af0189f-8e12-407c-bfd2-2fa7263f9a6b.jpg)
North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui, right, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Pyongyang on April 9 in this photo provided by the Rodong Sinmun. [NEWS1]
North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui has told her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi that Pyongyang will forge relations with Beijing for the interests of the people, with both ministers praising their leaders' pledge to deepen ties, according to the North's state media on Friday.
Choe made the remarks during talks with Wang in Pyongyang, the North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. This marks the first time that a Chinese foreign minister has visited North Korea in more than six years.
Last year, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited Beijing and held summit talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Choe told Wang that bilateral ties have advanced to a “higher new level” under an agreement reached during those meetings between Kim and Xi.
North Korea will further deepen the bilateral friendship under the “common ideology of socialism in accordance with the aspirations and interests of the people of the two nations,” Choe told Wang, according to the KCNA.
Wang also recalled that Xi and Kim held a “historic” meeting in Beijing in September last year, during which, he said, they presented “landmark” guidelines for taking the bilateral friendship to a new level.
“It is the unwavering intention of the Chinese party and the government to greatly safeguard, solidify and develop the China-North Korea friendship, regardless of how the international situation changes,” the KCNA quoted Wang as saying.
The ministers also agreed to increase various exchanges and cooperation in honor of this year's 65th anniversary of their Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance and to strengthen “strategic communication” and cooperation between their countries' foreign policy bodies.
Yonhap
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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