China’s Zhao, North Korea’s Kim hold highest-level talks in years
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This picture released by the Korean Central News Agency shows China's Zhao Leji, left, an official high in the Communist Party hierarchy, walking with Choe Ryong Hae, right, chairman of North Korea's Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, at the Pyongyang airport.
A top-ranking Chinese official reaffirmed ties with North Korea during a meeting Saturday with the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, in Pyongyang, China's state media reported, in the highest-level talks between the allies in years.
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