Talks Held between DPRK and Swiss Foreign Ministers

Pyongyang, October 31 (KCNA) -- Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, held talks with Ignazio Cassis, foreign minister of the Swiss Confederation, at Pyongyang Assembly Hall on October 30.

Present there from the DPRK side were Jong Tong Hak, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Jo Chol Su, DPRK ambassador to the Swiss Confederation, and officials of the DPRK Foreign Ministry, and from the Swiss side were the Swiss foreign minister' party and Astier Sylvain, head of the Swiss diplomatic office in the DPRK.

The talks discussed the issue of promoting dialogue and cooperation between the diplomatic fields of the two countries and exchanged the appraisal and views of the international situation of common concern.

The talks proceeded in a friendly atmosphere. -0-