North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin are all set to attend a grand military parade in China.
According to CNN, the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday, August 28, announced that Kim and Putin will be among the global leaders that will attend next week’s military parade.
The parade that will be held at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing on September 3, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII, marking Japan's defeat in WWII.
North Korean state news agency KCNA has also confirmed Kim’s first-ever trip to China since 2019.
The announcement of Kim’s attendance came after North Korea declared that it has no plans to return to diplomacy with South Korea and the United States following President Lee Jae-myung’s meeting with Donald Trump in Washington.
Furthermore, 26 foreign heads of state and government representatives will attend the ceremony in Beijing, including Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing and numerous other leaders.
The upcoming parade will showcase the military strength of China under Xi Jinping’s leadership and programme to modernise the People’s Liberation Army, featuring over 10,000 troops and hundreds of advanced weapons, including hypersonic missiles and drones.
