Myanmar keeps ‘cordial’ relations with North Korea
A foreign ministry delegation is visiting North Korea this week to further diplomatic relations, although a senior official noted that arms deals were excluded under UN sanctions.
U Kyaw Zeya, deputy director general of the foreign ministry, told The Myanmar Times that a delegation led by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Thant Kyaw was in Pyongyang for two days of regular consultations and was due to return to Myanmar today.
The visit comes at a particularly sensitive time following North Korea’s announcement on September 15 that it had upgraded and restarted all of its nuclear fuel plants, a development that could allow the isolated Communist state to enlarge its nuclear arsenal.
