Politics

Talks between Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and Thongsavanh Phomvihane, foreign minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, were held at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang on November 12.

Present at the talks from the DPRK side were Pak Sang Gil, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, and other officials of the Foreign Ministry and from the Lao side were the foreign minister and his party.

The talks exchanged views on the issues of further strengthening the traditional friendly relations between the DPRK and Laos and promoting mutual support and cooperation in the international arena by thoroughly implementing the agreements reached by the top leaders of the two countries last October, and reached a consensus of views.