North Korea sent a "letter of solidarity" to China

Kim Jong Un thanks China for support against 'heinous isolation'

SEOUL, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un thanked Chinese President Xi Jinping for Beijing's "constant support and encouragement" against the "heinous isolation" that the heavily sanctioned country faces, state media reported on Wednesday.

China's assistance is "powerfully inspiring our struggle for firmly defending the state's security and the people's well-being ... despite the hostile forces' heinous isolation and blockade moves," Kim wrote in a letter to Xi, according to state-run Korean Central News Agency.

Kim says he will never give up their nuclear weapons.

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