With DPRK top leader Kim Jong-un on 3rd trip to China, Singapore meeting, economy high on agenda

Beijing hopes that the outcome of the DPRK-US summit will be fully implemented as it is an important step for the political resolution of the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remark when meeting in Beijing with Kim Jong-un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

The two leaders agreed to safeguard, consolidate and develop China-DPRK relations and jointly push forward the sound momentum of peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula.

Xi called for all related parties to jointly push forward the peaceful process on the peninsula and said China will play a constructive role as always.

Xi said the peninsula issue has been brought to the right track of being solved through dialogue and negotiation due to the concerted efforts of all related parties, and the situation is moving toward the direction of peace and stability.

Kim has made positive efforts for realizing denuclearization and maintaining peace on the Korean Peninsula, he said.