North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hosted a banquet and special cultural performance in honor of the Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit on Monday evening, celebrating the two countries’ “invincible” friendship shaped by their socialist ideals

After holding a summit earlier in the day, the two leaders and first ladies — North Korea’s Ri Sol Ju and China’s Peng Liyuan — attended a welcome banquet at Pyongyang’s Mokran House, North Korea’s ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported Tuesday.

En route to the banquet, Xi and Peng’s motorcade was cheered on by “enthusiastic crowds dressed in traditional attire” lining the