Kim Jong Un to Join Putin at Xi’s Military Parade in Beijing

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit China for the military parade on Sept. 3, a rare trip that would place him alongside other world leaders attending, including Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Kim “will soon visit the People’s Republic of China at the invitation of Xi Jinping” to participate in the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the end of the World War Two, North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said on Thursday. China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency also reported on Kim’s trip.