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Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis visited Pyongyang on October 30 to discuss security issues and re-establish political dialogue between Switzerland and North Korea. During his visit, he met with North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui to regularize political relations and address security challenges in the region. The Swiss diplomatic office in Pyongyang, which opened formally on October 19, now reports to the embassy in Beijing.
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Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis discussed security issues affecting both European and Asian nations during a visit to North Korea on Friday. He met with North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui in Pyongyang for the formal reopening of Switzerland's diplomatic office there, which had been operational since October 19 but officially reopened on this date. The two ministers talked about regularizing political relations between their countries and re-establishing dialogue, focusing specifically on security challenges on the Korean Peninsula and across Eurasia. Cassis made these remarks in a post on X. Switzerland's diplomatic office in Pyongyang will report to the embassy in Beijing, which continues to handle diplomatic and consular relations with North Korea.

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Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said on Friday that he had discussed security challenges affecting European and Asian nations with North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui during a visit to Pyongyang for the formal reopening of Switzerland's diplomatic office there.
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Swiss foreign minister discusses security issues with North Korea ZURICH, Oct 30 - asserted
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Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said on Friday that he had discussed security challenges affecting European and Asian nations with North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui during a visit to Pyongyang for the formal reopening of Switzerland's diplomatic office there. asserted
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The two discussed regularising political relations and re-establishing political dialogue between the countries, Cassis wrote on X • asserted
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Security on the Korean Peninsula and broader Eurasian security challenges were also topics of the talks, he wrote • asserted
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The Pyongyang office, operational since October 19, reports to the Swiss embassy in Beijing, which retains responsibility for diplomatic and consular relations with North Korea REUTERS asserted
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