Assad to make rare international visit in what would be first by a foreign head of state since Kim Jong-un took power.
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad is set to visit North Korea in what would be the first visit by an international head of state to the country since Kim Jong-un came to power, North Korean state media reported.
Assad is said to have told the North Korean envoy to Damascus, Mun Jong-nam, that he would make the trip during a meeting on May 30.
„I am to visit the DPRK and meet HE Kim Jong-un,“ Assad is quoted as saying, using the acronym for North Korea’s full name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
„I am sure that he will achieve the final victory and realize the reunification of Korea without fail,“ Assad added.
