Kim–Xi meetings
Kim–Xi meetings is a series of summits between North Korea and China during the year 2018 and 2019. North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un secretly met with Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping on March 25–28, 2018. Xi made a classified invitation to Kim to visit China, after which Kim visited Beijing used his bullet proof train to travel to the three-day meeting. It is his first known out-of-country diplomatic trip since taking power.[1] Kim and Xi had a second surprise meeting on May 7–8, 2018 in the city of Dalian.[2] Kim and Xi had a third surprise meeting on June 19–20, 2018.
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First meeting
| Date | March 25–28, 2018 |
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| Location | Zhongnanhai, Beijing, China |
| Participants |  Xi Jinping (General Secretary) Kim Jong-un (Chairman) |
The first China–North Korea meeting in 2018 was organized by the invitation from Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (de facto paramount leader). During the meeting between the two heads of state, Kim Jong-un officially invited Xi Jinping to Pyongyang at a time convenient for him, and Xi accepted the invitation.[3] During the confidential summit schedule, Xi presented and explained the list of the presents to Kim, who also prepared several gifts and described their details for Xi.[4] Xi urged Kim to strengthen the strategic and diplomatic future partnership between China and North Korea. Kim stressed to Xi that North Korea and China are long-established socialist countries and that there are many ways to cooperate in various aspects in the future.[5]
Reactions
Regarding North Korea nuclear weapons crisis with a diplomatic solution and Beijing's issue with US trade war, the two leaders meeting might be substantial leverage for answering to a puzzle of resolution to both two long-lasting socialist countries.[6]
As regards Chinese state news agency, Xinhua, quoted Kim's statement "The issue of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is resolved, and South Korea and the United States respond to our efforts with goodwill, create an atmosphere of peace and stability while taking progressive and synchronous measures for the realization of peace. " President Trump’s new national security advisor: John Bolton would not adopt the "unreasonable" solution - examples: sheer costs for North Korea's denuclearization (e.g., withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Korean peninsula or mutual denuclearization for both the DPRK and United States) after Kim-Xi summit.[7]
Second meeting
| Date | May 7–8, 2018 |
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| Location | Dalian, Liaoning, China |
| Participants | Xi Jinping (General Secretary) Kim Jong-un (Chairman) |
Kim Jong-un met Xi Jinping for the second time in Dalian, Liaoning on May 7–8, 2018.[8] The two leaders discussed how to cooperate at the communist level on denuclearization, and peace on the Korean peninsula. They also discussed China–DPRK relations and significant issues of common concern, Xinhua reported. U.S. President Trump emphasized that China should cooperate with the U.S.'s continued implementation of economic sanctions, with commercial and financial penalties on North Korea until it permanently dismantles its nuclear weapons and ICBM missile programs. This was the second time China's paramount leader Xi Jinping has met Kim Jong-un in two months, and Xi Jinping reaffirmed his state visit to Pyongyang by the end of 2018.[9]
Third meeting
| Date | June 19–20, 2018 |
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| Location | Zhongnanhai, Beijing, China |
| Participants | Xi Jinping (General Secretary) Kim Jong-un (Chairman) |
Kim Jong-un met with Xi Jinping in Beijing on June 19th, and 20th, 2018.[10][11] Kim was speculated to have sought advice from Xi about a future, mutually beneficial negotiation strategy between the DPRK and United States. [12]
Fourth meeting
| Date | January 7–10, 2019 |
|---|---|
| Location | Zhongnanhai, Beijing, China |
| Participants | Xi Jinping (General Secretary) Kim Jong-un (Chairman) |
Kim Jong-un met with Xi Jinping in Beijing on January 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th, 2019.[13] The trip began on Kim's 35th birthday.
See also
- China–North Korea relations
- 2017–18 North Korea crisis
- List of official trips made by Kim Jong-un
- Korean reunification
- April 2018 inter-Korean summit
- May 2018 inter-Korean summit
- 2018 North Korea–United States summit
- 2019 North Korea–United States summit
- Index of North Korea-related articles
- Nuclear power in North Korea
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