China Wants To Work With North Korea For Peace, Xi Tells Kim

Chinese President Xi Jinping has told North Korea’s Kim Jong Un that his country is willing to work with Korea for global peace and stability.

In his message to Kim, Xi said China was ready to work together for “peace, stability, development and prosperity of the region and the world”, KCNA reported.

Xi added that he was willing to collaborate with North Korea as “changes in the world, times, and history are taking place in unprecedented ways.”

The report on Saturday came days after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

Al Jazeera added that North Korea has conducted a record-breaking blitz of missile launches in recent weeks and fears have grown that it is building up to a seventh nuclear test, its first since 2017.

The North is under multiple international sanctions over its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, and China accounts for more than 90 per cent of the impoverished country’s bilateral trade.