Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- The foreign ministers of North Korea and China agreed Sunday in Beijing to strengthen bilateral relations and jointly oppose hegemonism and unilateralism, a pointed reference to their shared tensions with the United States.

The meeting came three weeks after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first summit in more than six years, pledging closer cooperation. Both leaders, alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin, had earlier attended a massive military parade in Beijing marking the end of World War II, signaling a show of potential three-way unity against Washington.

In talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, North Korea's Choe Son Hui reiterated Kim's stance that advanci...