Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a two-day state visit to North Korea next week, according to North Korean and Chinese state media, marking his first trip to the country in seven years.

Xi’s visit to the DPRK from Monday to Tuesday comes at the invitation of Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency reported Friday, without providing additional details about his agenda.

A spokesperson for the Chinese Communist Party’s International Department similarly made a brief announcement about Xi’s visit on Friday, according to China’s official Xinhua News Agency.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said during