A high-level Chinese military official on Monday called for Beijing and Pyongyang to improve military relations in a fashion “required by the new era” of ever-closer ties between the two countries, North Korean state media reported on Tuesday.

The Chinese military delegation led by Admiral Miao Hua, who serves as director of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Communist Party of China (CPC), arrived in Pyongyang on Monday.