Swiss Foreign Minister Discusses Security Challenges with North Korean Counterpart

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Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis is due to begin a three-day trip to North and South Korea.

Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said on Friday that he had discussed security challenges facing Europe and Asia with his North Korean counterpart, Choe Son Hui, during a visit to Pyongyang to mark the official reopening of Switzerland’s diplomatic office in the country.

The two discussed regularising political relations and re-establishing political dialogue between the countries, Cassis wrote on ‌X.

Security ⁠on the Korean Peninsula and broader Eurasian security challenges were also topics of the talks, ⁠he wrote.

The Swiss office in Pyongyang, which resumed operations on 19 October, operates under the authority of Switzerland’s embassy in Beijing, which remains responsible for diplomatic and consular relations with North Korea.

Source: Reuters



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