Chinese FM to Visit Pyongyang after Historic Talks

His trip comes amid a flurry of diplomatic activity following the landmark day on the peninsula in which both South and North Korean Leaders shook hands and made a peace agreement.

Although China is North Korea's only remaining economic ally, this will be its highest level visit there in years.

Meanwhile, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is expected to meet US President Donald Trump in the coming weeks.

According to Beijing, Wang's two-day visit is being made at the invitation of the North Korean government.

In March, Kim made a surprise visit to Beijing to see President Xi Jinping, his first international trip since taking office, underlining the importance to Pyongyang of its relationship with China.

On Friday, the North Korean leader and the South's President Moon Jae-in agreed at a historic summit to "completely cease all hostile acts against each other" and to work towards denuclearizing the Korean peninsula.

The meeting followed months of warlike rhetoric and missile tests from the North.
The commitment to denuclearization talks about the goal of "a nuclear-free Korean peninsula".

It does not explicitly refer to North Korea halting its nuclear activities. South Korea does not have its own nuclear weapons, but is militarily backed by the US, which has tens of thousands of troops stationed there.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team