Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Pyongyang on Thursday, his first trip to North Korea in seven years, where he and North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui agreed to deepen cooperation and exchanges between their countries. S. President Donald Trump travels to Beijing for a rescheduled summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in May.
The visit comes as North Korea and China resumed direct flight and passenger train services last month, which had been suspended since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The full agenda or outcomes of Wang Yi's visit to North Korea have not been disclosed. It is unclear what specific international and regional issues Wang Yi and Choe Son Hui discussed.
Whether they addressed the United States or the war in the Middle East remains unknown. The exact details of the cooperation and exchanges agreed upon are also not specified. -China summit in May is uncertain.