STORY: A red-carpet welcome for Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
He's in Pyongyang to hold talks with North Korean counterpart Choe Son Hui, who greeted him at the airport on Thursday.
During the talks, Wang said North Korea had shown remarkable accomplishments despite conspiracies by the United States and Western forces to oppress it.
That's according to North Korea's official KCNA news agency on Friday.
It said the two agreed it was their governments' unwavering position to develop the relationship further despite turmoil in the global environment.
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Beijing and Pyongyang have been trying to revive their political and economic ties.
The relationship between the two countries had cooled due to factors including North Korea's intensive push to forge strategic relations with Russia.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to host U.S. President Donald Trump next month.
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Trump has repeatedly expressed an interest in resuming talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
