Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Thursday, February 28, 2002
DPRK Parliamentary Leader to Visit Malaysia
Kim Yong Nam, President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), will make a three-day official visit to Malaysia from March 3.
Kim Yong Nam, President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), will make a three-day official visit to Malaysia from March 3.
This is the second leg of his two-nation Asian tour starting from Feb.28.
Kim is expected to hold talks with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, according to a spokesperson of the Malaysian Government, who gave no further details about the talks.
The DPRK parliamentary leader will come to Kuala Lumpur from Thailand to which he will pay a four-day visit as from today, Feb.28.
Kim is scheduled to meet with top Thai officials to exchange views on bilateral and regional issues of common concern.
"The visit will focus on trade payment and other outstanding issues between the two countries," said Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai.