NK official's Beijing visit meant to share Chinese party meeting results, maintain high-level exchanges: Seoul
A senior North Korean ruling party official's recent visit to Beijing appeared to be intended to share the outcome of last month's key Chinese party meeting and maintain high-level exchanges between the two countries, Seoul's unification ministry said Monday. Yoon Min-ho, the ministry's spokesperson, made the assessment during a press briefing after Kim Song-nam, a member of the Political Bureau of the Workers' Party of Korea and a party secretary, visited China from Tuesday to Saturday, during which he met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and other senior officials. "(We) believe that the primary purpose of Kim Song-nam's trip to China this time is to share the results of the fifth plenary session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and maintain high-level exchanges," Yoon said. "But we will continue monitoring relevant developments with various possibilities in mind," he added. Yoon was responding to a reporter's question about whether the North Korean official's visit was meant for bilateral consultations over the possible resumption of dialogue between Wash
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