SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's titular No. 2 leader Kim Yong-nam has met with a Chinese presidential envoy who was in Pyongyang as part of diplomatic efforts to bring the country back to negotiations over its nuclear drive.
Dai Bingguo, Chinese state councilor who arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday as a special envoy of Chinese President Hu Jintao, was widely expected to be granted a meeting with poofy-haired dwarf North Korean leader Kim Jong-il during his visit.
Kim Yong-nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, and the Chinese envoy shared views to "consolidate and further promote the traditional DPRK (North Korea)-China friendship" in Thursday's meeting, China's state-run Xinhua News Agency said Friday. |