SEOUL, April 10 (UPI) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with his North Korean counterpart Choe Son Hui in Pyongyang, both countries said Friday, as the two sides pledged to deepen cooperation and coordination amid a warming of ties.

Wang arrived Thursday for a two-day visit, his first trip to North Korea since 2019, in the latest sign of renewed high-level engagement between the longtime allies.

China is ready to "strengthen strategic communication, enhance exchanges and cooperation ... and jointly promote regional peace and development," Wang said, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry readout.

He said exchanges over the past year had been "full of highlights," demonstrating that the countries' traditional friendship "will never fade and is unbreakable."

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