China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in North Korea on Thursday, April 9, 2026, and met with North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui for talks that both sides said would deepen cooperation and exchanges. The visit was Wang’s first to North Korea in seven years and came as the two governments used state media to signal closer alignment on foreign policy.
China’s Xinhua news agency said Wang and Choe held an in-depth exchange on current international and regional issues, while North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency said the two sides agreed to strengthen strategic communication between the agencies handling foreign policy. Neither outlet said whether they discussed the United States or the war in the Middle East, even as Wang’s trip came before U.S. President Donald Trump is due to travel to Beijing in May for a rescheduled summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The timing gives the meeting added weight. With the White House and Beijing preparing for a new round of high-level diplomacy, Wang’s stop in Pyongyang underscored how China and North Korea are still trying to keep their relationship active and coordinated, even though the public record from Thursday leaves the substance of the talks deliberately vague.
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That gap matters. The two state media reports made clear that the foreign ministers were discussing international matters, but they stopped short of naming the issues at the center of the conversation. For now, the clearest conclusion is that both governments wanted to project closeness without spelling out how far that coordination reaches or whether it touches the biggest global disputes now shaping diplomacy in Asia.
