Xi Jinping sends Kim Jong-un a friendly message before Trump’s Asian visit
Tokyo — Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for stable China-North Korea ties in a message to Kim Jong-un shortly before Donald Trump makes his first visit to Asia as US president. Xi sent the note after Kim congratulated him last week on a second term as general secretary of the Communist Party of China’s central committee, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported. The friendly tone contrasts with the recent war of words between Trump and Kim over North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs. "I wish that under the new situation the Chinese side would make efforts with the DPRK side to promote the relations between the two parties and the two countries to sustainable soundness and stable development," Xi wrote, according to KCNA, referring to North Korea by its formal name. He added that the two countries should make a "positive contribution" to "defending regional peace and stability and common prosperity". Kim last week extended his "sincere congratulations" to Xi, say...
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