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World Baseball Softball Confederation president visits N. Korea: KCNA

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World Baseball Softball Confederation President Riccardo Fraccari, left, shakes hands with Park Chon-jong, North Korea's vice minister of physical culture and sports, in this undated photo provided by the Korean Central News Agency. Yonhap

World Baseball Softball Confederation President Riccardo Fraccari, left, shakes hands with Park Chon-jong, North Korea's vice minister of physical culture and sports, in this undated photo provided by the Korean Central News Agency. Yonhap

The president of the World Baseball Softball Confederation is visiting North Korea, the country's state media said Sunday, without providing details.

A WBSC delegation headed by Riccardo Fraccari arrived in Pyongyang on Saturday and was greeted at the airport by Park Chon-jong, vice minister of physical culture and sports, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a brief dispatch.

Baseball and softball are not known to be popular sports in North Korea.

During a visit to South Korea in 2014, Fraccari expressed his openness to visiting North Korea to promote baseball.