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China’s Xi, North Korea’s Kim pledge to boost ties at rare Pyongyang summit

treaty – by declaring that relations had reached “a new historical starting point”, according to KCNA. It was not immediately clear if the leaders plan further talks on Tuesday, when South Korean media said

China’s Xi headed to North Korea in bid to shore up ties

announced on Friday, comes as Beijing seeks to shore up ties, with Pyongyang having strengthened relations with Russia. Xi also recently met with the leaders of Russia and the United States. The meeting in Pyongyang

Xi Jinping set to meet Kim Jong-un in North Korea, as China seeks to revitalise relationship

treaty between [China](https://www.theguardian.com/world/china) and North Korea, a pact that is still China’s only defence agreement with another country. Chinese and North Korean troops fought alongside each other against South Korea

Strait of Hormuz blockade and other major naval sieges in modern times

nuclear war. The then-Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev called the blockade “outright piracy” and an act of aggression, and initially ordered ships to proceed. For several days, Soviet vessels steamed towards the quarantine line