"Xi Jinping May Pay State Visit to North Korea as Early as Next Week"

Report by U.S. Weekly Time

Xi's Move in Response to Japan's Proactive Diplomacy

(Pyongyang, Korean Central News Agency=Yonhap News) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended the 80th anniversary event of China's Victory Day held in Beijing on the 3rd, according to a report by the Korean Central News Agency on September 4th last year.

There are expectations that Chinese President Xi Jinping may pay a state visit to North Korea as early as next week.

On the 20th (local time), Time magazine in the United States reported this information, citing anonymous sources. According to these sources, President Xi is planning a state visit, and "China and North Korea will cooperate even more closely to counter Japan's new militarism," they explained.

Time interpreted this move as a response by President Xi to Japan's departure from its long-held pacifist stance and its increasingly proactive diplomacy.

Since Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi took office, Japan has further strengthened its security policy, including lifting its 60-year ban on lethal weapon exports and pushing for constitutional revision to explicitly specify the Self-Defense Forces.

The news of President Xi's possible visit to North Korea has not yet been officially announced. Previously, in June 2019, President Xi became the first Chinese president to visit Pyongyang, where he held a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

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