Swiss foreign minister discusses security issues with North Korea

ZURICH, Oct 30 (Reuters) – 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. 

• The two discussed regularising political relations and re-establishing political dialogue between the countries, Cassis wrote on X

• Security on the Korean Peninsula and broader Eurasian security challenges were also topics of the talks, he wrote

• 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

(Reporting by Marleen Kaesebier; Editing by Hugh Lawson)