China will send envoy to North Korea

Almaty. November 16. Silkroadnews - China will send envoy to North Korea, the New York Times reported.
“China announced it would send a high-level diplomat to North Korea for the first time in two years, in a move less than a week after President Trump’s visit that is likely to resume pressure on the North to curb its nuclear arms program,” the report said.
The head of the department of external affairs of the Communist Party Song Tao should go to Pyongyang on Friday, he will inform North Korea on the results of the 19th Congress of the Communist Party held last month.
According to the publication, Son will try to persuade the DPRK to negotiate to halt its nuclear program and convey the content of Xi Jinping’s negotiations with Donald Trump on the North Korean issue.
The talks President Xi and Donald Trump held in Beijing last week were mainly devoted to North Korea. After leaving Beijing, Trump wrote in his tweet he was impressed by China’s efforts to push for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
North Korea’s KCNA news agency confirmed Song’s forthcoming visit. However, it is not known whether he would see the leader of the state Kim Jong-un in person.