<img src='https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-07-11/Xi-Kim-mark-65th-anniversary-of-China-DPRK-friendship-treaty-1OGq8BHkiTS/img/715728b580e14b0d85f3a91027623694/715728b580e14b0d85f3a91027623694.jpeg' alt='Chinese and DPRK national flags fly near Tiananmen Square to welcome arriving DPRK Premier Pak Thae Song, Beijing, China, July 10, 2026. /VCG'
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, and Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), on Saturday exchanged congratulations over the 65th anniversary of the signing of the China-DPRK Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance.
