SEOUL — China’s fourth-highest-ranked official, Wang Huning, held talks in Pyongyang with a top official of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Thursday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a state visit to Pyongyang, North Korea, June 8, 2026. — KCNA VIA REUTERS SEOUL — China’s fourth-highest-ranked official, Wang Huning, held talks in Pyongyang with a top official of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported on Thursday.
The meeting is the latest in a series of high-level exchanges between Beijing and Pyongyang following Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to North Korea in June — the first in seven years — and reflects China’s efforts to reinforce its influence over its traditional ally amid North Korea’s deepening ties with Russia. The Chinese delegation led by Mr. Wang arrived in Pyongyang on Wednesday, at the invitation of North Korea, and met Jo Yong Won, a top official of the Workers’ Party, KCNA reported.
At the meeting, Mr. Wang affirmed “the will of the Chinese party and the government” to implement the agreement reached between Mr. Xi and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during Mr. Xi’s visit to Pyongyang last month, KCNA said. Mr. Xi and Mr. Kim agreed to expand cooperation in politics, economy and culture as well as strategic communication through visits by high-level officials, KCNA said at the time.
Mr. Kim also told Mr. Xi that he would fully support the “One China principle,” which Beijing views as meaning that both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one country. Taiwan strongly objects to Beijing’s sovereignty claims and says only its people can decide the island’s future.
In their meeting, Mr. Wang also referred to the 65th anniversary of friendship ties between the two countries, while Mr. Jo told Mr. Wang that North Korea seeks to develop strategic communication and tactical cooperation with Beijing, KCNA reported. The two officials discussed ways to improve public welfare and to deepen mutual cooperation in business, culture and between the two countries’ ruling parties, KCNA said, without elaborating.
Earlier this month, North Korean Premier Pak Thae Song met with Mr. Xi in Beijing during his visit for an event marking the 65th anniversary of the neighbors’ friendship treaty. Mr. Xi urged the two allies to maintain “strategic resolve” amid a volatile global environment and to speed up implementation of agreements he reached with Mr. Kim. The Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, signed on July 11, 1961, remains China’s only active mutual defense pact.
Yang Moo-jin, a professor at the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, said the flurry of high-level exchanges reflected shared interests in strengthening ties between the neighbors.
“North Korea wants to secure China’s vast economic and geopolitical backing, while China seeks to maintain its influence on the Korean Peninsula and avoid losing the initiative in Northeast Asian affairs,” he said. —In a Patagonia town with an 85-foot Messi statue, Argentines celebrate reaching World Cup final
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