North Korea and China agree to ‘strategic and tactical’ co-operation
Seoul — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed measures to bolster "strategic and tactical" co-operation between the two countries in a second meeting on Wednesday, the North’s state media said on Thursday. The meeting between Kim and Xi came on the North Korean leader’s second and last day of his latest visit to Beijing, where he briefed the Chinese president on his summit with US President Donald Trump in Singapore last week. They exchanged "serious views" on the present and "new" situation, Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. On Tuesday, Kim and Xi were reported by North Korean media to have reached an understanding on the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula after discussing the outcome of the US-North Korea summit. Kim visited an agricultural institute run by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences before meeting Xi on Wednesday, KCNA said, where he observed vegetables being grown inside. The North Korean leader also visited a tr...
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