Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit the North Korean capital on a three-day trip starting on September 2, Beijing announced on Friday.

The visit comes roughly two months after the fifth DPRK-PRC summit in Pyongyang when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to “maintain the tradition of high-level exchange” and “deepen exchanges and cooperation.”

“At the invitation of Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit the DPRK from September 2 to 4,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said.

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