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 | Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, left, at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Tuesday January 17, 2006. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il told China's president he is committed to a peaceful resolution of the standoff over the North's nuclear ambitions as he wrapped up a weeklong, secrecy-shrouded trip to his last major ally. click to open  |  | Chinese President Hu Jintao (front 2nd R) accompanies North Korea's Kim Jong Il (R) during a visit to a crop research institute under the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing January 17, 2006. Kim returned on Wednesday from an officially secret but widely reported trip to China, where Pyongyang said he told leaders he would help remove obstacles blocking talks on his nuclear arms programme. Photo taken January 17, 2006. click to open |  | North Korean leader Kim Jong Il met with visiting Chinese special envoy Dai Bingguo on July 14th 2003 click to open |  | North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, right, shakes hands with former Chinese President Jiang Zemin at Zhongnanhai leaders' compound in Beijing, China, Tuesday, April 20, 2004 during his secret three-day visit which began Monday. Kim told Chinese leaders that he wants to end the standoff over his country's nuclear program though dialogue and is committed to a 'nuclear weapon-free goal,' China said Wednesday. click to open |  | North Korean leader Kim Jong-il(L) is greeted by Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing April 19, 2004. Kim told China's leaders he would be patient, flexible and engaged in six-party talks on his nuclear programs, saying what they hoped to hear in an unannounced three-day visit ending Wednesday. Shortly after the reclusive leader of the North boarded a train bound for home Wednesday afternoon, China's state media broke a news blackout to show footage of a smiling Kim sharing bear hugs with China's top leaders. Photo by Xinhua click to open |
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