Seoul: The foreign ministers of North Korea and China agreed to deepen bilateral ties and resist hegemonism, a likely reference to their pushbacks against the United States. China's Xinhua News Agency cited Wang as saying China oppose "all forms of hegemonism" and stands ready to strengthen cooperation with North Korea in international and regional affairs. In recent years, North Korea has been focusing on expanding cooperation with Russia by supplying combat troops and ammunitions to support its war against Ukraine. They say China, for its part, would want to maintain influence over North Korea, as bilateral ties reportedly cooled in the past few years. North Korea is expected to mark the anniversary with its own military parade to display new weapons targeting the US and its allies.