The Korea Times
North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui has held talks with her Vietnamese counterpart, Le Hoai Trung, and agreed to deepen bilateral exchanges and cooperation in various fields, Pyongyang's state media reported Thursday. The two foreign ministers held the meeting the previous day in Pyongyang, and discussed a wide range of international and regional issues, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Trung arrived in North Korea on Tuesday as a special envoy of Vietnamese President To Lam. At the meeting, Choe said North Korea hopes to strengthen friendly ties with Vietnam, citing the outcome of summit talks between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Vietnam's Lam in October last year in Pyongyang, the KCNA said Both sides "agreed to further deepen exchanges and cooperation in various areas and strengthen strategic communication as well as mutual support and cooperation between external policy organs of the two countries," the report said. and Hanoi have been strengthening their ties following Vietnam's top leader Lam's trip to Pyongyang last year to attend celebrations marki
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