BEIJING, April 9, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - China's third highest-ranking official Zhao Leji will visit North Korea this week, Beijing's foreign ministry said Tuesday.

Zhao, who is a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party's Politburo and is China's top lawmaker, "will lead a Chinese party and government delegation to pay an official goodwill visit from April 11 to 13", foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said.