Chinese Premier Li Qiang will visit Pyongyang this week to attend celebrations marking the 80th founding anniversary of North Korea’s ruling party, both countries announced on Tuesday.

In a one-line report, North Korea’s state-owned Korean Central News Agency reported that Li — the second-ranked official in the Chinese Communist Party’s Politburo after President Xi Jinping — will lead a delegation to participate in the anniversary celebrations during an “official goodwill visit” at the invitation of the North Korean government and Workers’ Party of Korea’s Central Committee.

A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson also announcedLi’s visit on Tuesday morning, stating