China’s President Xi Jinping will visit North Korea on Thursday for two days, making him the first Chinese leader to visit the reclusive country in 14 years.

According to Al Jazeera News, Neighbouring China is North Korea’s lone major ally and the visit comes amid a protracted dispute with the United States over Pyongyang’s nuclear programme and missile arsenal.

“Both sides are expected to exchange views on the [Korean] Peninsula situation, and push for new progress in the political resolution of the peninsula issue,” China’s official CCTV broadcaster said in a lengthy report that led the evening broadcast.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited China four times since March 2018, CCTV reported, adding this marked the 70th year since China and North Korea established diplomatic ties.

The last Chinese leader to visit North Korea was Hu Jintao in 2005.

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