Yun Jong-ho, minister for external economic ties, leaves Pyongyang leading a delegation to visit Tehran, KCNA news agency reports.
Yun Jong-ho speaks during a meeting with Russia n Natural Resources Minister Alexander Kozlov in Pyongyang, North Korea, on November 15, 2023. / Photo: Reuters Archive
The minister for external economic relations, Yun Jong-ho, left Pyongyang on Tuesday by air leading a ministry delegation to visit Iran, the North's KCNA news agency said early on Wednesday.US and its Western allies suspect North Korea and Iran of cooperating on ballistic missile programmes, possibly exchanging technical expertise and components that went into their manufacture.
The Western allies accuse North Korea of supplying Russia with missiles and artillery, allegations Pyongyang denies. Yun has been active in the country's increasing exchanges with Russia, earlier this month leading a delegation to visit Moscow, according to KCNA.The visit comes as both Iran and Israel, regional arch-rivals locked in a shadow war for years, are trying to manage their new tensions following a series of escalatory attacks between them as Israel's war on Gaza rages on and inflames the wider Middle East region.
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