Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un hold talks in Beijing: “Unofficial”visit

BEIJING – Xinhua, China’s official State newsagency, has described the visit of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as follows, referring to what it terms an “unofficial visit”.

“At the invitation of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese president, Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), paid an unofficial visit to China from Sunday to Wednesday.

“During the visit, Xi held talks with Kim at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan held a welcoming banquet for Kim and his wife Ri Sol Ju and watched an art performance together.

“During the talks, Xi expressed warm welcome on behalf of the CPC Central Committee to Kim for his first visit to China.

“Xi said Kim's current visit to China, which came at a special time and was of great significance, fully embodied the great importance that Comrade Chairman and the WPK Central Committee have attached to the relations between the two countries and the two parties.

"We speak highly of this visit," Xi told Kim.  www.webershandwick,cn (ATI).