Kim Jong Un and Putin top the guest list at China’s massive military parade
Stockholm, August 28 (Hibya) – China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin will be among more than twenty foreign leaders attending China’s massive military parade next week.
The parade, to be held on September 3 in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, is part of China’s commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II following Japan’s formal surrender.
The announcement placing Putin and Kim at the top of Xi’s guest list set the stage for a rare photo opportunity in which the three leaders will stand side by side at Beijing’s Gate of Heavenly Peace, displaying a clear show of unity.
North Korea’s state news agency KCNA confirmed Kim’s attendance. This would be his first visit to China since 2019. Since taking power in 2011, Kim has made only ten overseas trips, most recently leaving his country in 2023 to meet Putin at a remote space facility in Russia’s Far East.
The confirmation of Kim’s participation in the parade came just days after U.S. President Donald Trump said he wanted to meet the North Korean leader this year.
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