Story highlights Feltman is visiting as the US and South Korea conduct military exercisesNorth Korea test-fired a long-range missile last week(CNN) A senior United Nations official arrived in North Korea Tuesday for the first visit of its kind in six years, as US and South Korean military drills inflame tensions in the region. The visit comes just days after North Korea tested an advanced, long-range ballistic missile. The last senior UN official to visit North Korea was Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos in October 2011, according to the UN . The last time an undersecretary-general for Political Affairs visited the country was in February 2010. UN Undersecretary- General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman arrives at Beijing's international airport on Tuesday, on his way to North Korea.

Source: CNN December 05, 2017 04:15 UTC