The state-run [North] Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Xi will pay a state visit to North Korea from June 8 to 9 at Kim's invitation.
China's International Department of the Communist Party also confirmed the visit, saying Xi would travel to North Korea at the request of Kim.
It will be Xi's first trip to Pyongyang in nearly seven years, coming amid growing concerns over North Korea's nuclear program. Xi last visited Pyongyang in June 2019, when he held summit talks with Kim during his first state visit to North Korea since taking power in late 2012.
The upcoming meeting between the two leaders comes about nine months after Kim visited Beijing in September last year to attend China's events marking the 80th anniversary of victory in World War II.
During that trip, Kim appeared alongside Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a military parade and brought his daughter Ju-ae, marking her debut on a major multilateral diplomatic stage.
Kim has met Xi five times since inheriting power following the death of his father, Kim Jong-il, in December 2011.
The announcement of Xi's visit came a day after KCNA reported that Kim had inspected a newly operating nuclear material production facility and reaffirmed his commitment to strengthening North Korea's nuclear forces.
North Korea has publicly acknowledged uranium enrichment facilities in Yongbyon, Kangson near the western port city of Nampo, and Kusong in North Pyongan Province.
South Korean experts said the facility visited by Kim was likely a newly built uranium enrichment plant in Yongbyon.
The North's state media previously disclosed Kim's visits to uranium enrichment facilities in September 2024 and January this year.
Some analysts said the timing of the visit appeared aimed at China ahead of Xi's trip. They said Kim may be attempting to demonstrate North Korea's nuclear capabilities in advance to discourage denuclearization from becoming a key agenda item during the summit.
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