{"id":182809,"date":"2026-04-08T18:50:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/182809\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T19:04:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:04:55","slug":"belarus-to-open-embassy-in-north-korea-by-august-1","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/182809\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus to open embassy in North Korea by August 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

April 8, Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>Belarus will open an embassy in Pyongyang by August 1, says a directive signed by Prime Minister Alaksandar Tur\u010dyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Council of Ministers adopted the directive on Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s orders following the Belarusian ruler\u2019s official visit to North Korea in late March, the government\u2019s press office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement comes after Ji Gyong Su, the newly appointed ambassador of North Korea to Belarus, presented copies of his diplomatic credentials to Foreign Minister Maksim Ry\u017eanko\u016d yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ji Gyong Su is the second ambassador of North Korea to Belarus, who is based in Minsk, not Moscow. His predecessor, Ju Jong Bong, presented his credentials to \u0141uka\u0161enka in November 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, following \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s visit to North Korea, Ry\u017eanko\u016d told reporters that Minsk and Pyongyang plan to consider opening a Belarusian embassy in North Korea and drafting a visa-free travel agreement.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian ruler\u2019s recent visit to North Korea \u201cexceeded all expectations,\u201d his spokeswoman Natalla Ejsmant said earlier, adding that Minsk would \u201calways be happy\u201d to host Kim Jong Un.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Korea is a totalitarian state under a strict cult of personality and also under UN Security Council sanctions over its nuclear program. Since its foundation in 1948, the power has been handed over from father to son \u2013 from Kim Il Sung to Kim Jong Il to Kim Jong Un.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minsk has sought top-level contacts with North Korea for the last two years. Earlier this year, \u0141uka\u0161enka congratulated Kim Jong Un on his re-election as leader of the Workers\u2019 Party of Korea (WPK), while Kim congratulated the Belarusian politician on extending his 30-year-long rule in Belarus last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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