A brand new Indian ambassador to North Korea has taken workplace, marking the return of an Indian envoy to Pyongyang for the primary time for the reason that COVID-19 pandemic, in response to the North’s state media on Friday.
Aliawati Longkumer, India’s new ambassador to North Korea, introduced his letter of credence to parliamentary standing committee chairman Choe Ryong-hae in Pyongyang the day prior to this, the Korean Central Information Company (KCNA) reported.
It marks the primary time an Indian ambassador has been current in North Korea since its embassy closed in July 2021 within the aftermath of the pandemic. India reopened the embassy within the North final 12 months as COVID-19 subsided.
India established formal diplomatic relations with North Korea in 1973, the identical 12 months it did so with South Korea.
