Kim tells Xi that N. Korea will support China's interests: KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has told Chinese President Xi Jinping that Pyongyang will "invariably" support China's interests, according to the North's state media Friday, as the two sides underscored their commitment to the two countries' constant friendship during their talks in Beijing. Kim and Xi met bilaterally at the Great Hall of the People on Thursday, the North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported, a day after the leaders and Russian President Vladimir Putin jointly appeared at a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II -- in a show of their solidarity. Kim told Xi that North Korea "will as ever invariably support and encourage the stand and efforts of the Communist Party of China and the government of the People's Republic of China to defend the sovereignty, territorial integrity and development interests of the state," according to the KCNA report. The talks came amid speculation that broadening military cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow might have put a strain on the traditional relations between China and the North as it coulWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times