North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and Chinese President Xi Jinping came to an understanding on issues discussed at a summit of the two leaders, including denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, the North’s state media said on Wednesday.
Mr. Kim and Mr. Xi assessed the historic meeting Mr. Kim had with U.S. President Donald Trump in Singapore last week and exchanged opinions on ways to resolve the issue of denuclearisation, Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
Mr. Kim also promised during a meeting with Mr. Xi in Beijing to cooperate with Chinese officials to secure ”true peace” in the process of “opening a new future” on the Korean peninsula, it said. Mr. Kim wrapped up his two-day trip to Beijing on Wednesday with a visit to an agricultural sciences exhibition and the Beijing subway command centre, said Xinhua.
Joint exercises
The U.S. and South Korea said on Tuesday that they had agreed to suspend a joint military exercise set for August. On Wednesday, South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-hwa said the decision to suspend the exercise could be reconsidered, based on future developments with North Korea.
It was widely expected that Mr. Kim would visit Beijing to brief Mr. Xi on his summit with Mr. Trump, which included Pyongyang agreeing to hand over the remains of troops missing from the 1950-53 Korean War.
Two American officials told Reuters on Tuesday that North Korea could start that process within the next few days.