Update at 3:05 p.m. KST on Jan. 27: This article has been updated to include additional briefing remarks from a Blue House official. 

After making several friendly gestures towards North Korea in recent months, Chinese President Xi Jinping made it clear that he supports inter-Korean dialogue and “political resolution” in a phone call with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday.

According to Seoul’s presidential Blue House, Moon and Xi by phone for about 40 minutes on Jan. 26. During the call, Xi said that he “supports dialogue between the U.S. and North Korea” and that he sees “South Korea’s