North Korea Vice-FM Kim to Attend UN General Assembly — SkimNews
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- Kim Son-Gyong, North Korea's vice-foreign minister, plans to attend a high-level segment of the UN General Assembly in New York beginning next week, per Yonhap's Sept 18 report citing a source at the international body.
- The vice-minister is set to meet UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and officials from North Korea-friendly states including Cuba and Venezuela.
- Kim plans to attend the general debate from Sept 22 to Sept 26 and on Sept 28, and is scheduled to deliver a speech from the UN podium.
- At last year's General Assembly, Kim declared North Korea will never give up its nuclear programme, calling disarmament "tantamount to demanding it to surrender sovereignty and right to existence."
Why it matters: North Korea's vice-foreign minister is returning to the UN General Assembly podium a year after vowing the country would never give up its nuclear programme. The Sept 22-28 visit, with meetings alongside Guterres and allies like Cuba and Venezuela, gives Pyongyang another international platform to defend its nuclear stance as it deepens ties with non-Western partners.
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