“We think it is extremely important that President Xi has decided to come, visit the United States and also come to this meeting,” Kim told Chinese media at the bank’s New York office in a group interview on Thursday.

“We are adopting the Sustainable Development Goals and the Number 1 Sustainable Development Goal is to end extreme poverty. President Xi is representing a country that has lifted more people out of extreme poverty than any country in the history in the world,” he added.

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