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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-09T16:24:53.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nChina's top diplomat told his North Korean counterpart on Thursday that Beijing was willing to step up exchanges and cooperation, Chinese state media reported, following their meeting in Pyongyang.\n\nThe two-day official visit by Wang Yi to the diplomatically isolated nuclear state -- his first since 2019 -- comes shortly after the neighbors resumed transport links that had been halted since the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nChina is North Korea's top trading partner and a vital source of diplomatic, economic and political support.\n\nDuring talks with North Korea's foreign minister, Choe Son Hui, Wang hailed the countries' \"traditional friendship forged in blood\", according to Chinese state news agency _Xinhua_.\n\n\"China is willing to work with North Korea to... enhance dialogue and practical cooperation at all levels and across various fields, (and) deepen people-to-people and cultural exchanges,\" Wang told Choe, _Xinhua_ reported.\n\nWang also said that the September meeting in Beijing between top leaders Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un provided \"important strategic guidance for the next stage of development\" in ties between the countries.\n\nThe foreign ministers \"also exchanged in-depth views on current international and regional issues\", _Xinhua_ said, without elaborating.\n\nEarlier Thursday, photos showed Choe greeting Wang on his arrival at Pyongyang's airport, walking with him on a red carpet before an enthusiastic crowd waving North Korean and Chinese flags.\n\nWhile China has fully reopened its borders since the pandemic, North Korea has proceeded at a much slower pace.\n\nRecent weeks have seen signs of a tentative reopening, though tourist visas to North Korea are still not being issued.\n\nPrior to the pandemic, Chinese tourists made up the bulk of foreign visitors to North Korea, numbering roughly 350,000 in 2019 and providing a huge revenue stream for Pyongyang, according to specialist website _NK News_.\n\nAir China restarted direct flights between the two capitals last week, ending a six-year pause initiated by the pandemic.\n\nLast month, daily passenger rail services between Beijing and Pyongyang resumed.",
  "title": "China FM vows deeper ties with North Korea on trip to Pyongyang"
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