Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan arrived in Pyongyang to a red-carpet welcome from Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju, Chinese state media showed on Monday (June 8).

Xi told Pyongyang's leader during a rare summit during his visit that China will not swerve from its commitment to safeguarding common interests with North Korea or waver in its support for Kim Jong Un.

The neighbours should strengthen strategic ties and firmly protect their sovereignty, security, and development interests, Xi told Kim, an official Chinese summary of the meeting showed, as Beijing looks to draw Pyongyang closer.

Xi's two-day visit, his first in seven years to China's reclusive neighbour, comes at a time when its economy, strengthened by growing trade and military ties to Russia, could boost Kim's confidence in talks.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

SHOWS: PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (JUNE 8, 2026) (CCTV - No use China) (MANDARIN NARRATION)

1. AIR CHINA PLANE CARRYING CHINESE PRESIDENT, XI JINPING, TAXIING ON TARMAC

2. NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN WITH HIS WIFE RI SOL JU

3. AIR CHINA PLANE CARRYING CHINESE PRESIDENT, XI JINPING, ON TARMAC

4. XI AND HIS WIFE PENG LIYUAN WAVING FROM PLANE

5. XI AND PENG SHAKING HANDS WITH KIM AND RI SOL JU

6. HONOUR GUARDS STANDING

7. XI AND HIS WIFE PENG LIYUAN RECEIVING FLOWERS FROM NORTH KOREAN CHILDREN

8. MEMBER OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE POLITICAL BUREAU OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA CENTRAL COMMITTEE, CAI QI, AND CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER WANG YI DISEMBARKING FROM PLANE

9. HONOUR GUARDS STANDING

10. XI AND KIM WALKING DOWN RED CARPET PAST HONOUR GUARDS

11. MOTORCADE DRIVING DOWN STREET

12. PEOPLE WAVING FLAGS AND FLOWERS FROM SIDE OF STREET

13. MOTORCADE DRIVING DOWN STREET

14. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WAVING FLAGS AND FLOWERS FROM SIDE OF STREET

15. KIM IL SUNG SQUARE

16. PORTRAITS OF XI AND KIM

17. PEOPLE WAVING FLOWERS AND BALOONS

18. SIGN READING (Chinese): “May Friendship between North Korea and China last forever”

19. NORTH KOREAN NATIONAL FLAGS WITH CHINESE NATIONAL FLAGS

20. WELCOME CEREMONY IN PROGRESS

21. CHILDREN WAVING BALLOONS

22. PEOPLE WAVING FLOWERS AND FLAGS

23. MOTORCADE ARRIVING

24. KIM AND RI SOL JU CLAPPING

25. NORTH KOREAN DELEGATION CLAPPING

26. MOTORCADE ARRIVING

27. PEOPLE WAVING FLOWERS AND FLAGS

28. VARIOUS OF KIM AND XI SHAKING HANDS

29. PEOPLE WAVING FLOWERS

30. PENG SHAKING HANDS WITH RI SOL JU AND KIM

31. PEOPLE WAVING FLOWERS

32. XI SHAKING HANDS WITH NORTH KOREAN OFFICIALS

33. WELCOME CEREMONY IN PROGRESS

34. KIM SHAKING HANDS WITH OFFICIALS

35. WELCOME CEREMONY IN PROGRESS

36. KIM WITH XI STANDING ON PODIUM

37. MILITARY BAND PLAYING

38. HONOR GUARDS ON KIM IL SUNG SQUARE

39. CHINESE NATIONAL FLAG

40. CHINESE DELEGATION LISTENING

41. NORTH KOREAN NATIONAL FLAGS

42. NORTH KOREAN DELEGATION

43. WELCOME CEREMONY IN PROGRESS

44. VARIOUS OF KIM AND XI INSPECTING HONOR GUARD

45. HONOR GUARDS

46. VARIOUS OF XI AND KIM INSPECTING HONOR GUARD

47. VARIOUS OF HONOR GUARDS MARCHING

48. VARIOUS OF BALLOONS BEING RELEASED IN THE SKY

49. CHILDREN WAVING BALLOONS

50. KIM WALKING WITH XI

51. PEOPLE WAVING FLAGS AND FLOWERS

52. XI WAVING WHILE KIM CLAPPING

53. PEOPLE WAVING FLAGS AND FLOWERS

54. PENG WALKING WITH RI SOL JU

55. PEOPLE WAVING FLAGS AND FLOWERS

56. XI WAVING WHILE KIM CLAPPING

57. PEOPLE WAVING FLAGS AND FLOWERS

58. XI WAVING

59. PEOPLE WAVING FLAGS AND FLOWERS

60. PORTRAITS OF XI AND KIM

61. PEOPLE WAVING FLAGS AND FLOWERS

62. xi's MOTORCADE MOVING

63. KIM AND RI SOL JU WAVING

64. SIGN READING (Chinese): “May Friendship between North Korea and China last forever”

65. MOTORCADE LEAVING

66. VARIOUS OF XI AND KIM SHAKING HANDS IN FRONT OF BOTH CHINESE AND NORTH KOREAN NATIONAL FLAGS

67. BILATERAL MEETING IN PROGRESS

68. XI SPEAKING

69. KIM LISTENING

70. BILATERAL MEETING IN PROGRESS

71. XI SPEAKING

72. KIM LISTENING

73. CHINESE OFFICIALS BEING SEATED

74. CHINESE AND NORTH KOREAN NATIONAL FLAGS

75. KIM SPEAKING

76. XI LISTENING

77. BILATERAL MEETING IN PROGRESS

78. KIM SPEAKING

80. VARIOUS OF OFFICIALS SEATED