North Korea's ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong-nam, held talks with Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, president of Equatorial Guinea, at the presidential palace in Malabo, the North's official media report said Monday.
Kim, the president of the Supreme People's Assembly, is on an official visit to the Central African country in a rare overseas trip following the North's first ruling party congress in 36 years earlier this month. He met with the African leader Saturday, the news outlet said.
At the talks, both sides discussed further developing the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries and exchanged views on matters of mutual concern, according to the report of the Rodong Sinmun, the organ of the North's ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).
Attending the talks were Sin Hong-chol, vice-minister of the North's Foreign Affairs, and Kwak Ji-hwan, North Korean ambassador to Equatorial Guinea, the newspaper said.
Also, the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that at the talks, the president of the African country extended warm congratulations to North Koran leader Kim Jong-un on his election as chairman of the WPK at its seventh congress in Pyongyang.
"It is the consistent stand of the government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea to further expand and develop the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries," the African country's president was quoted by the KCNA as saying. He also expressed a will to extend support and offer solidarity to the Korean people as they struggle to build a thriving socialist nation.
On Friday, Kim attended the inaugural ceremony for the Equatorial Guinea's leader.
The Equatorial Guinea's president, Africa's longest-serving leader, won re-election last month. (Yonhap)
Kim, the president of the Supreme People's Assembly, is on an official visit to the Central African country in a rare overseas trip following the North's first ruling party congress in 36 years earlier this month. He met with the African leader Saturday, the news outlet said.
At the talks, both sides discussed further developing the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries and exchanged views on matters of mutual concern, according to the report of the Rodong Sinmun, the organ of the North's ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).
Attending the talks were Sin Hong-chol, vice-minister of the North's Foreign Affairs, and Kwak Ji-hwan, North Korean ambassador to Equatorial Guinea, the newspaper said.
Also, the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that at the talks, the president of the African country extended warm congratulations to North Koran leader Kim Jong-un on his election as chairman of the WPK at its seventh congress in Pyongyang.
"It is the consistent stand of the government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea to further expand and develop the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries," the African country's president was quoted by the KCNA as saying. He also expressed a will to extend support and offer solidarity to the Korean people as they struggle to build a thriving socialist nation.
On Friday, Kim attended the inaugural ceremony for the Equatorial Guinea's leader.
The Equatorial Guinea's president, Africa's longest-serving leader, won re-election last month. (Yonhap)
