The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, will travel to China to attend the parade next September 3 and the commemorative events of Victory Day in World War II, according to the North Korean state agency KCNA on Thursday, which could point to a Strengthening of cooled relationships between Beijing and Pionyang.
The KCNA agency announced that Kim Jong-un plans to travel “soon” to China, invited by the president of the country, Xi Jinping, to participate in the acts of the 80th anniversary of La Victoria “in the resistance war of the Chinese people against Japan and in the anti-fascist World War.”
For its part, the official Chinese agency Xinhua also confirmed the presence of Kim in the act, which also The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, and another twenty heads of state will attend.
China is expected to exhibit its military force in the parade, during which XI will review the troops and pronounce a speech.
During the years of war, “the peoples of China and North Korea supported each other and fought together against Japanese aggression,” said Chinese Foreign Assistant Deputy Minister, Hong Lei, commenting on Kim’s visit.
World War II passed in parallel to the Japanese invasion of China (1931-1945) and the civil war between nationalists and communists in China (1927-1949), who agreed to face, jointly, jointly, to Japanese troops.
Kim last visited China in 2019when he moved to Beijing by train from North Korea. The North Korean leader will be seen in Beijing with the leaders of China and Russia, Vladimir Putin.
“Be next to the other with Xi and Putin in the parade It will be an extremely powerful photo for Kim, which can be used for propaganda purposes Both at home and abroad, “Gabriela Bernal, an associated expert of the European Center for North Korea studies on Thursday.
The announcement of his visit comes days after the US president, Donald Trump, said during the summit with his South Korean counterpart, Lee Jae-Myung, who would like to meet with the North Korean leader, although Pionyang has not yet responded to the comment.
“I understand him. I spend a lot of free time with him, talking about things that we are supposed to talk“Trump said about North Korea leader.
It also occurs when the relations between Beijing and Pionyang had lost dynamism in recent years, partly due to the narrowing of ties between North Korea and Russia, after the signing of their pact of “Integral Strategic Association” in June last year.
Kim’s visit to China is interpreted as a sign of a new approach to Asian power, which in January already showed signs with the resumption of some official exchanges and gestures. Beijing is still the main strategic and commercial partner of North Korea, a country with which it shares a border of more than 1,400 kilometers.
