North Korea's Sports Minister Kim Il-guk departs from Pyongyang to visit China. This year marks 75 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and North Korea, and to coincide with this, there has been an increase in the number of visits between high-ranking officials.
North Korea's state media reported on the 28th that a delegation led by Sports Minister Kim Il-guk departed from Pyongyang to visit China on the 27th.
The purpose of his visit to China has not been disclosed, but a diplomatic source familiar with China-North Korea relations said it was to discuss sports-related matters.
This year marks 75 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and North Korea, and President Xi Jinping and General Secretary Kim Jong-un exchanged congratulatory telegrams on New Year's Day, marking this year as the ``Year of China-North Korea Friendship'' and holding various events. We plan to promote exchange and cooperation in this field.
In North Korea, Foreign Minister Choe Son-i and Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Sun Wei-dong, who was visiting Pyongyang, just met on the 26th, and high-ranking officials are increasingly visiting each other to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.