This July 26, 2023 photograph reveals North Korea’s Defence Minister, Common Kang Solar-nam throughout a gathering with Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu. Tass-Yonhap
Vietnam’s deputy protection minister has visited North Korea to debate methods to bolster bilateral protection cooperation, the Southeast Asian nation’s protection ministry stated on its web site Friday.
Senior Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien held a gathering along with his North Korean counterpart, Kim Min-seop, on Wednesday in Pyongyang, in accordance with Vietnam’s ministry.
On the talks, the 2 sides stated protection cooperation is without doubt one of the essential areas of bilateral relations and agreed to bolster cooperation in varied fields, together with coaching, navy know-how and the protection business, in addition to high-level personnel exchanges, it stated.
A day later, the Vietnamese official paid a courtesy name on North Korean Protection Minister Kang Solar-nam.
North Korea’s state media has but to report Chien’s go to to Pyongyang.
Since reopening its border following years of COVID-19-related shutdowns, North Korea has been increasing diplomatic actions with its historically pleasant nations.
Earlier this month, North Korea’s vice overseas minister, Pak Sang-gil, visited Vietnam as a part of a four-nation journey that additionally included stops in Laos, Thailand and Indonesia.
In early August, North Korea’s new ambassador to Vietnam, Ri Sung-guk, started his official obligation after years of delay within the North’s appointment of the highest envoy resulting from COVID-19.
The publish had remained vacant since Ri’s predecessor, Kim Myong-gil, returned to North Korea in April 2019, months earlier than the outbreak of the pandemic. (Yonhap)
