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The announcement was made by both countries Friday a day after North Korea unveiled a new facility to produce nuclear fuel.
North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said Kim visited the 5,000-ton destroyer Kang Kon on Thursday as it underwent capability tests.
Kim Jong Un said on Wednesday that North Korea had "more than doubled" its weapons-grade nuclear material in five years and vowed to build up his nuclear forces "at an exponential rate," state media reported.
The summit comes as China positions itself as a global power player projecting stability in contrast to the U.S.'s economically damaging war against Iran and erratic tariff policies.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said dialogue, not military pressure, is the only viable path for resolving North Korea's nuclear issue.
The Chosun Ilbo on MSN
Rubio warns Iran could become nuclear threat worse than North Korea
Secretary of State Marco Rubio testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the 2nd, stating that if Iran acquires nuclear weapons, they could sufficiently use them, becoming "an entity akin to North Korea,