North Korean officials met with a visiting Belarusian delegation and vowed deeper cooperation, as Pyongyang criticized the U.S. for trying to increase "lawless" sanctions pressure, APA reports citing Reuters.
Belarus' Deputy Foreign Minister Evgeny Shestakov and his North Korean counterpart Im Chon Il discussed bilateral cooperation in the sectors of economy and culture as well as mutual support on the global stage during talks on Thursday, North Korean state media KCNA reported on Friday.
In a statement carried by another KCNA report, Kim Son Gyong, vice minister for International Organizations of the DPRK Foreign Ministry, criticized Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, for her recent trip to South Korea and Japan, calling the U.N. sanctions against the country as "lawless."
North Korean delegations since last month have visited countries including China and Vietnam while delegations from Russia and China have visited Pyongyang.
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