A delegation of North Korea’s Foreign Ministry visited Ethiopia in order to promote and advance bilateral relations and diplomatic activities, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Friday. North Korea and Ethiopia have long-standing relations that stem back to the mid-1970’s. Those relations have also involved military cooperation, with North Korea providing weapons and training services to the African state throughout the 1980’s. In 2009, a shipment of North Korean weapons was discovered in South Africa with its final destination being the Democratic Republic of Congo. The export of statues by North Korea is now also prohibited by the UN.

Source: Ethiopian News June 09, 2017 17:48 UTC