Choe Seon-hui, North Korea's foreign minister, appears in Pyongyang. /Courtesy of Pyongyang Times

North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui will visit China on the 27th. It comes three weeks after State Affairs Commission Chairperson Kim Jong Un visited China.

Spokesperson Guo Zhaokun of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said at a regular briefing on the afternoon of the 25th (local time) that, at the invitation of Wang Yi, head of the Chinese Communist Party's foreign affairs, Minister Choe is scheduled to visit China from the 27th to the 30th.

Foreign Minister Choe accompanied Chairperson Kim when he visited Beijing, China, from the 2nd to the 4th for the parade marking the 80th anniversary of the Chinese victory. Appointed in June 2022, Choe is expected on this visit to meet alone for the first time with China's top diplomat.

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