North Korea and China leaders expand coopersation

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and China's Xi Jinping held a summit on Monday in Pyongyang and agreed to expand cooperation between the two countries in various sectors, North Korea's state media KCNA confirmed.



The two leaders agreed to develop bilateral relations into a new chapter.



Kim told Xi that he would fully support the "One China principle," which Beijing views as meaning both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one country, regardless of how the international situation changes.



Xi, making his first visit to North Korea in seven years, told Kim that he would use his trip as an opportunity to make significant progress in bilateral relations, with the North.



The two leaders also agreed to deepen strategic communication between the two countries through visits by high-level officials.



The North Korean media did not mention whether the leaders discussed Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program or not.