{"id":190311,"date":"2026-06-02T20:58:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/190311\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T20:58:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:58:53","slug":"belarus-top-diplomat-discusses-food-security-with-minister-from-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/190311\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 top diplomat discusses food security with minister from North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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June 2, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian Foreign Minister Maksim Ry\u017eanko\u016d has discussed cooperation in the fields of agriculture, food security and public health with North Korea\u2019s Minister of External Economic Relations Yun Jong Ho, the foreign ministry reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sides exchanged views on ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in line with the agreements\u00a0reached during Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s visit to North Korea in late March, it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The officials expressed mutual interest in “transforming high-level political contacts into new and promising economic projects,\u201d the statement said. The talks also resulted in an agreement to expedite preparations for the fourth meeting of the joint intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Korea is a totalitarian state under a strict cult of personality and also under UN Security Council sanctions over its nuclear program. Since its foundation in 1948, the power has been handed over from father to son \u2013 from Kim Il Sung to Kim Jong Il to Kim Jong Un.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s visit to North Korea in late March \u201cexceeded all expectations,\u201d his spokeswoman Natalla Ejsmant said earlier, adding that Minsk would \u201calways be happy\u201d to host Kim Jong Un.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month Minsk announced that it will open an embassy in Pyongyang by August 1. Ji Gyong Su, the newly appointed ambassador of North Korea to Belarus, has already presented his diplomatic credentials to \u0141uka\u0161enka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minsk has sought top-level contacts with North Korea for the last few years. Earlier this year, \u0141uka\u0161enka congratulated Kim Jong Un on his re-election as leader of the Workers\u2019 Party of Korea, while Kim congratulated the Belarusian politician on extending his 30-year-long rule in Belarus last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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