Off the wire
• Weather forecast for world cities -- Feb. 28  • Weather forecast for major Chinese cities, regions -- Feb. 28  • Kyrgyzstan prolongs detention of opposition leader  • Singapore stocks close 0.39 pct lower  • Foreign exchange rates in Singapore  • Top news items in major Zambian media outlets  • Hong Kong stocks close 0.77 percent lower  • Xinhua Insight: Protection orders offer shield against domestic violence  • Plane crash in California neighborhood kills at least 3  • Chinese foreign minister to meet DPRK official  
You are here: 　 Home

1st LD-Writethru: Chinese foreign minister to meet DPRK official

Xinhua, February 28, 2017 Adjust font size:

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will meet with Ri Kil Song, vice foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), a spokesman said on Tuesday.

The DPRK official will visit China from Tuesday to Saturday at the invitation of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the ministry's spokesman Geng Shuang said at a daily news briefing.

According to Geng, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin and Assistant Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou will hold talks with the visiting DPRK official.

"The two sides will exchange views on the China-DPRK relationship and international and regional issues of common concern," said the spokesman.

On Tuesday, Assistant Foreign Minister Kong would hold a meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov on the situation on the Korean Peninsula and other issues of common concern, said the spokesman. Endi