China's Xi, N. Korea's Kim Hold First Direct Talks in Six Years

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held their first direct talks in six years after a massive military parade in Beijing commemorating 80 years since the end of China's war against Imperial Japan. According to Chinese state media, the two sides expressed a desire to work closer together in regional and global matters, including supporting Beijing's position on Taiwan, which China claims as its territory.

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00:00Beijing says Pyongyang fully supports China's position on Taiwan after Chinese President

00:05Xi Jinping met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

00:09It was their first direct meeting in six years.

00:12Kim was in Beijing alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders for a massive

00:17military spectacle commemorating 80 years since the end of World War II.

00:22Chinese state media said Xi wants stronger coordination with North Korea in regional

00:27and global affairs, calling the two countries, quote, good neighbors and good friends.

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