North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, also sent a message to the Chinese president, saying their China-North Korea “invincible friendship will be immortal on the road of accomplishing the cause of socialism,” said Pyongyang’s state news agency KCNA on Sunday, Iran News reports.

North Korea was among the first countries to recognize the People’s Republic of China after it was founded in 1949. China-North Korea communist friendship is the child of this coalition.

China’s state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday that Xi had said the relationship between the Asian neighbors had played an “important and positive role in maintaining regional peace and stability”.

Since March 2018, Xi and Kim have met five times.

Xi was the first Chinese leader to visit the reclusive North in 14 years when he made a highly symbolic trip to the nuclear-armed state in June.

Kim said the two countries would “steadily defend the cause of socialism and preserve peace and stability of the Korean peninsula and the world,” according to KCNA.

The warm words from Beijing follow its huge military parade Tuesday to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of a communist China, and come a day after the latest round of nuclear talks between the US and North Korea ended in Sweden.

Pyongyang – under three sets of UN sanctions in a bid to force it to give up its nuclear and ballistic weapons programs – said the talks broke down because the US “disappointed us greatly”,AFP reported.

Washington, however, said there had been “good discussions”.

The talks followed months of stalemate after a February meeting between Kim and US president Donald Trump, and came after Pyongyang’s defiant test of a sea-launched ballistic missile on Wednesday.

Since the US-North Korea talks began, Russia and China have been calling for the United Nations to start lifting sanctions so as to create momentum towards the North’s denuclearization.

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Arrests made throughout Hong Kong

HONG KONG, CHINA – OCTOBER 1: Protestors set up barricades during a rally in Shatin area on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on October 1, in Hong Kong, China. Pro-democracy protesters marked the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Hong Kong through demonstrations as the city remains on the edge with the anti-government movement entering its fourth month. Protesters in Hong Kong continue to call for Chief Executive Carrie Lam to meet their remaining demands since the controversial extradition bill has been withdrawn, which include an independent inquiry into police brutality, the retraction of the word “riot” to describe the rallies, and genuine universal suffrage, as the territory faces a leadership crisis. (Photo by Billy H.C. Kwok/Getty Images)

Riot police, armed with batons and full-body shields, are out in several locations across the city. They have fired tear gas and rubber bullets, as well as shooting blue dye from water cannons. They have also made multiple arrests.

It’s the 16th week of Hong Kong protesters coming to streets and shouting their demand of communist china ruling over their country.

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