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Xi Jinping visits North Korea to boost China’s ties with Kim

(UTV|COLOMBO) – China’s President Xi Jinping has met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during the first Chinese state visit to Pyongyang in 14 years.

The leaders were expected to discuss economic issues and the stalled talks over North Korea’s nuclear programme.

It was their fifth meeting in 15 months, but the first to have taken place in North Korea.

Both leaders are currently in separate disputes with the US – China over trade and North Korea over nuclear weapons.

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