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As Kim Sung-nam leads the North Korean delegation to visit Beijing, high-level exchanges between China and North Korea have heated up. Analysts believe that Pyongyang is accelerating the integration of the “Ankara-Russia-China economic strategy” strategy to accumulate chips for future games with the United States.
north korea Supreme leaderkim jong un Following a surprise visit to Dandong, China, last month, Politburo member and Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea Kim Sung-nam led a delegation to visit Beijing. There have been frequent high-level exchanges between China and North Korea recently, further strengthening bilateral relations.Pyongyang It is obvious to implement the “One-Russia-China” strategy.
North Korea’s state media KCNA reported on the 4th that at the invitation of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, a delegation from the Workers’ Party of Korea led by Kim Sung-nam arrived in Beijing on the 3rd; Officials such as Sun Haiyan, deputy director of the International Liaison Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, and Ri Yong-nam, North Korean Ambassador to China, welcomed him at the airport, Yonhap news agency reported.
KCNA did not announce the specific itinerary of the delegation. When asked about Kim Sung-nam’s visit to Beijing at a regular press conference on the 3rd, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning only said, “I do not yet know the relevant situation.” However, on the 4th, the official website of the Beijing Embassy in North Korea re-published the KCNA report on Kim Sung-nam’s visit to the mainland.
Kim Sung-nam is considered a China expert on North Korea. In March 2024, he visited Beijing and met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. He also accompanied Kim Jong-un to attend the 80th anniversary military parade held by China to celebrate the victory in the Anti-Japanese War in September last year.
The visit comes just about 10 days after Kim Jong-un made a surprise visit to Dandong, China on October 24. China and North Korea have also recently intensified other exchange activities. KCNA reported that a delegation led by Xie Chuntao, vice chairman of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, will visit Pyongyang on the 2nd, and Zhu Changil, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, will meet with the delegation the next day.
In addition, a delegation led by Park Kwang-chul, deputy director of the Korean Central News Agency, will leave on the 3rd to visit mainland China and participate in the 7th World Media Summit to be held in Beijing from November 5 to 9.
Relations between China and North Korea have been warming recently. In addition to Kim Jong Un’s visit to mainland China in September last year, Chinese President Xi Jinping also paid a return visit to North Korea in June this year. Kim Jong Un visited China again last month and met Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, in Dandong. Both sides expressed desire to expand economic and trade cooperation.
This time, Kim Jong-un did not visit Beijing nor meet Xi Jinping. Yonhap News Agency analyzed that Kim Jong-un’s visit was aimed at strengthening the traditional friendship between the two sides and expanding economic cooperation, highlighting that North Korea is accelerating the construction of a strategic layout of “relying on Russia for security and relying on China for the economy” to accumulate chips for future games and diplomatic talks with the United States.
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Kim Sung-nam led a delegation to visit Beijing, about 10 days after Kim Jong-un made a surprise visit to Dandong on October 24. This shows that high-level exchanges between North Korea and China continue, and also shows that bilateral relations are increasingly strengthening.
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In addition to Kim Sung-nam’s visit to Beijing, Xie Chuntao, vice chairman of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, led a delegation to Pyongyang, and Park Kwang-cheol led a delegation to Beijing to attend the World Media Summit. Xi Jinping also paid a return visit to North Korea in June this year.
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Yonhap News Agency analyzed that Kim Jong-un’s visit is mainly to strengthen traditional friendship, expand economic cooperation, and highlight the accelerated formation of North Korea’s strategic layout of “relying on Russia for security and relying on China for economy.”
