According to state media, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s train crossed the border into China just before the military parade honoring Japan’s surrender in World War II.
Kim is one of 26 world leaders scheduled to take part in the parade on Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Kim, Xi Jinping, and Vladimir Putin will attend the Beijing event for the first time.
According to the state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper, Kim’s train crossed the border between North Korea and China on Tuesday morning.
Kim Jong Un is traveling to the People’s Republic of China, according to the Rodong Sinmun, who also uses the official name of North Korea. “Key senior officials from the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea and the government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are accompanying him,” the statement read.
Kim’s visit to China follows the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, which Xi and Putin frequently decried as Western leaders’ presumption of power in Tianjin.
North Korea, one of the most remote states in the world, has long relied on China and Russia for economic and diplomatic support.
In recent years, Pyongyang has partnered with Moscow in particular, sending thousands of troops to support Putin’s conflict in Ukraine.
Kim has met Xi five times since taking office in 2011, most recently in 2019, when the leader of the North Korean nation attended a celebration marking the 70th anniversary of China-North Korea relations.
Source: Aljazeera
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