Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that China would be willing to work together with North Korea for regional and global peace, stability and prosperity, North Korea's state media KCNA reported on Saturday (November 26), citing Xi's letter to Kim, Reuters reports.
KCNA did not mention North Korea's recent missile launches that have heightened tensions around the Korean peninsula following joint military drills between South Korea and the United States.
North Korea tested the Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday (November 18) a day after warning of "fiercer military responses" to Washington beefing up its regional security presence including nuclear assets.
The launch of the Hwasong-17 was part of the North's "top-priority defense-building strategy" aimed at establishing "the most powerful and absolute nuclear deterrence," according to KCNA, calling it "the strongest strategic weapon in the world."
