OREANDA-NEWS  Talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un began in Beijing on Thursday, China Central Television reported.

"On September 4, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chinese President Xi Jinping, holds talks at the People's Assembly House in Beijing with General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, Chairman of the State Council of the DPRK Kim Jong-un, who is in China to participate in celebrations on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the War of Resistance of the Chinese People to the Japanese invaders. and the Worldwide Anti-Fascist War," the TV channel said in a statement.

Earlier, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said that China is ready to strengthen strategic cooperation with the DPRK, expand exchanges and cooperation, deepen exchanges of experience in the field of public administration, and promote the further development of the cause of socialism and traditional relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries.