HAVANA (AFP) – North Korea’s foreign minister is to visit Cuba on Monday (Nov 20) in a trip that comes at a time when both Pyongyang and Havana have strained relations with Washington..
HAVANA (AFP) – North Korea’s foreign minister is to visit Cuba on Monday (Nov 20) in a trip that comes at a time when both Pyongyang and Havana have strained relations with Washington.
Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho will meet with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla and participate in other unspecified activities, according to a brief statement late Saturday from Cuba’s foreign ministry.
The visit comes as Washington and Pyongyang are locked in a dangerous standoff over North Korea’s development of nuclear-tipped missiles capable of hitting the continental United States.
Washington’s ties with Havana were only fully restored in 2015 after a half-century Cold War breakdown, but have been strained since President Donald Trump took office in January.
