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China says seeks deeper ties with N. Korea as Kim arrives in Russia

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Agence France-Presse 

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="People watch a news segment detailing North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un" s="" visit="" to="" at="" a="" station="" in="" South="" Sept.="" According="" North="" state-run="" Korean="" leader="" Kim="" Jong-un="" is="" travelling="" by="" train="" Russia="" meet="" with="" Russian="" President="" Vladimir="" Putin.="" Jeon="" Heon="" EPA-EFE="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/overseas/09/12/20230912-kim-putin.jpg"/><figcaption>People watch a news segment detailing North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un&#x27;s visit to Russia; at a station in Seoul, South Korea, Sept. 12, 2023. According to North Korea&#x27;s state-run media, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is travelling by train to Russia to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Jeon Heon Kyun, EPA-EFE/File </figcaption></figure></div>BEIJING — China said on Tuesday it was seeking to deepen cooperation with North Korea in &quot;various fields&quot;, as leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia on his first trip overseas in four years.&quot;China-North Korea relations are developing well,&quot; foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a regular briefing.&quot;The two sides are implementing the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries,&quot; Mao said.They are &quot;deepening exchanges and cooperation between the two countries in various fields, and pushing for bilateral relations to continue to achieve even greater development&quot;, she added.Kim arrived in Russia on Tuesday, Russian state news agency Ria Novosti reported.He is set to meet President Vladimir Putin at an unspecified location in Russia&#x27;s Far East region later this week, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.The visit is Kim&#x27;s first abroad since the COVID-19 pandemic.Mao said on Tuesday she had &quot;no information to provide&quot; when asked whether Kim might visit China in the coming months.Beijing is North Korea&#x27;s most important ally and economic benefactor, their relationship forged in the bloodshed of the Korean War in the 1950s.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/18/23/russia-china-hold-joint-naval-war-games">Russia, China hold joint naval war games</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/09/13/22/china-russia-building-more-just-world-order-beijing">China and Russia building &#x27;more just&#x27; world order: Beijing</a></li></ul><div> </div>© Agence France-Presse

China said it was seeking to deepen cooperation with North Korea in 'various fields', as leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia. 