Xi Jinping and his wife attend the small-scale lunch hosted by Kim Jong-un and his wife.

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09/06/2026
On June 9th local time, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan attended a small-scale luncheon hosted by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju at the Koryo Hotel in Pyongyang. At around 12:30, Kim Jong Un and his wife arrived at the Koryo Hotel where Xi Jinping and his wife were staying, and together they took an electric cart to the banquet hall of the hotel in a light drizzle. During the meal, the top leaders of the two parties and countries exchanged in-depth discussions on strengthening and carrying forward the traditional friendship between China and North Korea. Xi Jinping thanked Kim Jong Un for the careful arrangements made for his visit, and expressed that through this visit, they could feel the warmth and friendship of the North Korean party, government, and people towards the Chinese party, government, and people. Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un reached important agreements on developing new-era China-North Korea relations, and exchanged in-depth views on maintaining regional and global peace and stability. Mutual understanding between China and North Korea has deepened and the direction for future development has become clearer and more precise. Xi Jinping is willing to work together with Kim Jong Un to lead China-North Korea relations to achieve greater development and inject new strong momentum into the socialist causes of both countries. Kim Jong Un stated that President Xi Jinping's visit was a complete success, sending positive signals to the world for further strengthening friendly cooperation between the two countries, which has attracted high attention from all parties. This visit is of extremely important significance for the relationship between the two countries and the future development of the region. North Korea is willing to earnestly implement the important agreements reached during this visit, promote new concrete results in cooperation between the two countries, and further advance the relationship between North Korea and China to new heights.