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IANS | 05 Dec, 2017
UN Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman will
arrive in North Korea on Tuesday to meet authorities of the Pyongyang
regime, according to an official statement.
Feltman will be in
the country till Friday for a wide-ranging discussion on policy issues
with North Korean authorities and analyse "issues of mutual interest and
concern", Efe news quoted Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, as saying on Monday night.
This
is the first time that a high-ranking UN politico will travel to North
Korea since former Under Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe's visit in
February 2010 and that of UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian
Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos in 2011.
Dujarric
added that Feltman's visit comes in response to an invitation that has
been pending for some time, and which aims to maintain a dialogue
between Pyongyang and the UN.
Feltman is currently in Beijing reinforcing contacts with Chinese authorities.
On Monday, he met Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Li Baodong, and from Beijing he will go directly to the North Korean capital.
The spokesman said that the visit was confirmed with Pyongyang authorities on November 30.
He
will also speak with diplomats accredited in Pyongyang and with the UN
team in North Korea, where six UN agencies operate with some 500
international civil servants.
Dujarric avoided going into detail
about the matters to be discussed in those conversations, only saying
that a wide range of subjects would be touched upon.
He also said
that there were no plans for Guterres to visit North Korea, though next
week he will make an official visit to Japan.
Feltman's visit
comes after the outrage sparked by the Kim Jong-Un regime over its
latest ballistic missile trial on November 28.
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