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    Kim Jong-un visits China after Trump summit

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    North Korea's Kim Jong-un has met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in , local media report, a week after meeting US President Donald Trump.

    Chinese state TV did not say what the two leaders had talked about.

    However they were expected to discuss sanctions and Mr Kim's general commitment to denuclearise the Korean peninsula.

    Beijing, North Korea's only economic ally, has already suggested sanctions against North Korea could be eased.

    Meanwhile, the US and South Korea have confirmed they have suspended planning for their next military drills.

    That follows a pledge made by Mr Trump at the summit.

    Image caption US and South Korean troops regularly take part in the massive war games

    The visit to is Mr Kim's third since March, when his first trip abroad since taking office was to meet President Xi Jinping.

    His latest visit was, unusually, reported by Chinese state media.

    State TV showed Mr Xi hosting Mr Kim at the Great Hall of the People with a military honour guard.

    On 12 June, Mr Trump and Mr Kim signed what the US president called a “comprehensive” agreement.

    North Korea agreed to denuclearisation – something it had also…

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