NEW DELHI: India has sent a government
minister to
North Korea for the
first time in nearly two decades for
talks on political and regional issues, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, following signs of a thaw on the Korean peninsula. India established diplomatic relations with the
North 45
years ago and has a small embassy there, but in recent
years it halted trade and aid as the United States stepped up global pressure to isolate Pyongyang over its nuclear and missile programmes. India’s diplomatic initiative comes weeks after the two Koreas held their
first summit in more than a decade and as the leaders of the United States and
North Korea prepare for a
first meeting next month. Junior foreign
minister V. K. Singh, who began the two-day visit to
North Korea on Tuesday, reiterated New Delhi’s support for peace initiatives on the peninsula, the
Indian foreign ministry said in a statement.
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