The document was signed in Pyongyang on Thursday during a meeting of the Belarusian delegation, presided over by Deputy Prime Minister Jurij Szuliol, with the North Korean Deputy Prime Minister DZONG MIDYG SU.
North Korea and Belarus strengthen cooperation
“The issues of practical mutual cooperation in various sectors, including agriculture, machinery, public health, trade and education, were discussed in detail during the meeting,” Kcna noted.
It was the third meeting of the Inter -Government Committee on Trade and Economic Cooperation, the first since June 2006.
The Yonhap agency points out that Cooperation of both countries in the field of machines could violate the resolutions of the UN Security Councilprohibiting the Member States to provide North Korea of industrial machines.
Belarus is one of the few countries with which the isolated North Korea strengthens economic ties in the face of strict international sanctions. Both regimes are close to Russia's allies and support her invasion in Ukraine.
