North Korea and Vietnam agree to expand military cooperation, state media reports
North Korean state news agency KCNA said talks held in Hanoi on September 24 resulted in an agreement to broaden defense ties between the two countries.
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North Korea and Vietnam have agreed to seek wider military cooperation, according to North Korea's state news agency KCNA.
The negotiations took place on September 24 at the headquarters of Vietnam's Ministry of National Defense, KCNA reported, though further details of the discussions were not disclosed in the initial report.
The reported talks add to a series of diplomatic and military engagements involving North Korea in the region, as Pyongyang continues to seek closer ties with a range of partner states.
Neither government has released an extensive public readout of the specific areas of cooperation under discussion, and independent confirmation of the details beyond the KCNA report was not immediately available.
Sources
- North Korea and Vietnam seek wider military cooperation — KCNA — TASS (Russia)
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