Why can outer Java classes access inner class private members?

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I observed that Outer classes can access inner classes private instance variables. How is this possible? Here is a sample code demonstrating the same:

class ABC{
    class XYZ{
        private int x=10;
    }

    public static void main(String... args){
        ABC.XYZ xx = new ABC().new XYZ();
        System.out.println("Hello :: "+xx.x); ///Why is this allowed??
    }
}

Why is this behavior allowed?

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