Beijing, June 20 -- The leaders of China and North Korea are holding talks in the North Korean capital.

China's official Xinhua News Agency said President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sat down for talks Thursday in Pyongyang. It provided no further details.

Xi arrived earlier Thursday for a two-day state visit. He and Kim are expected to discuss the stalled U.S.-North Korean talks on the latter's nuclear weapons program.

Xi is the first Chinese leader to visit North Korea in 14 years.

Chinese state media says President Xi Jinping was greeted with a huge arrival ceremony at the start of a two-day state visit to North Korea.

The official Xinhua News Agency says about 10,000 people stood in formation and waved flowers ...