martes, 5 de mayo de 2009

North Korea to Deepen Bonds with Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba, May 4 (acn) The Foreign Minister of the Peoples’ Democratic Republic of Korea, Pak Ui Chun, expressed on Monday his country’s interest in strengthening even more the friendship and cooperation ties existing between the two nations.

After placing a wreath by the monument to Cuba’s National Hero José Martí in Havana’s Revolution Square, Pak Ui Chun said that the peoples of Cuba and North Korea maintain the common goal of building Socialism.

He announced that during his visit, scheduled until May 6, he will sign an accord between the two countries’ foreign ministries, which will strengthen the bilateral bonds in this sphere.

During the tribute to the National Hero, he was accompanied by Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Marcos Rodríguez.

This is the first official visit to the archipelago of the North Korean Foreign Minister, who also headed his country’s delegation to the recently concluded Ministerial Meeting of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries’ Coordination Bureau, which ended successfully in Havana.

Cuba and the Peoples’ Democratic Republic of Korea established diplomatic relations on August 28, 1960.

So far, 45 North Korean students have graduated from Cuba’s educational system, 42 of them from universities and three from middle level education schools.

In addition, there are cooperation ties between the two nations in the oil, agriculture, and trade sectors.

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