Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi in Pyongyang on Wednesday met with senior ruling party officials and toured a local factory, statements from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and North Korean media said Thursday.

In coverage of Wang’s final day of a three-day visit to the North Korea, Beijing’s top diplomat was reported to have met with Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) Politburo member and Central Committee vice-chairman Ri Su Yong.

Hailing the upcoming 70th anniversary of the establishing of relations between China and North Korea as of “great significance” for the two countries, the foreign minister said the two