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China's parliament chief to visit N. Korea as Xi envoy

Ersin Çelik
14:274/09/2018, Tuesday
U: 4/09/2018, Tuesday
REUTERS
China's Li Zhanshu
China's Li Zhanshu

China's parliament chief, Li Zhanshu, will visit North Korea on Saturday as President Xi Jinping's special representative, state news agency Xinhua said.

Li will attend celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the country, Xinhua said on Tuesday.

In a separate reports, the North's KCNA news agency said Li would visit "from Sept. 8", without saying how long he would stay.

#Li Zhanshu
#North's KCNA
#Xinhua
#China's parliament chief

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