China announced on Friday that dictator Xi Jinping will make his first trip to North Korea since 2019 next week, in a bid to shore up China’s ties with its erratic neighbor after North Korea grew closer to Russia.
The announcement by China’s state-run Xinhua news service said that Xi will visit North Korea on Monday June 8 and Tuesday June 9, at the invitation of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. The visit was officially announced by the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party’s powerful Central Committee.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Friday that Xi’s second state visit to North Korea, which refers to…
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