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North Korea’s Diplomatic Push to Asia’s Socialist Allies

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ORIGINAL LINK : https://www.tongilnews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=210281

김성남 당 국제부장을 단장으로 하는 '조선로동당 대표단'이 중국과 베트남, 라오스를 방문하기 위해 21일 평양을 출발했다. [사진-조선중앙통신]
On the 21st, a ruling party delegation led by Kim Song Nam, the party’s international affairs director, departed from Pyongyang to visit China, Vietnam, and Laos. [Photo – Korean Central News Agency]

The Korean Central News Agency reported on the 22nd that the Workers’ Party of Korea’s delegation left Pyongyang on the 21st to visit China, Vietnam, and Laos.

According to the report, the delegation, led by Kim Song Nam, the director of the party’s international affairs, arrived in Beijing, their first stop, on the 21st. They were received by Liu Jianchao, minister of the party’s international liaison department, and North Korea’s ambassador to China, Ri Ryong Nam.

On the same day, the news agency added that Kim Jong Un sent a flower basket to the General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, Thongloun Sisoulith, who is also the President of Laos, in commemoration of the party’s 69th anniversary of founding.

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This move appears to strengthen traditional friendly relations with socialist countries.

As this year’s ASEAN chair, Laos is preparing for the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), the only multilateral security forum in the region in which North Korea participates.

Daniel Kim
content@viewusglobal.com

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