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The Straits Times (10 April 2026)

Beijing stands ready to work with North Korea to further improve ties, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during a meeting with his North Korean counterpart on a visit to Pyongyang, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Beijing has been trying to draw Pyongyang back into its orbit after ties cooled following the Covid-19 pandemic, which froze exchanges, and as North Korean President Kim Jong Un shored up relations with Moscow by sending troops and weapons in support of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

China is ready “to continue consolidating the positive momentum in the development” of bilateral ties, Mr Wang said in a meeting with North Korea’s Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui, according to Xinhua.

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