North Korea’s Foreign Minister is to visit Cuba on Monday in a trip that comes at a time when both Pyongyang and Havana have strained relations with Washington.
Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho will meet with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla and participate in other unspecified activities, according to a brief statement late Saturday from Cuba’s Foreign Ministry. Cuba is one of North Korea’s few remaining allies.
Cuba’s leader Fidel Castro visited North Korea in 1986 to meet founder-leader Kim Il-sung, and Pyongyang held three days of official mourning when Castro died in November 2016.
In May, President Raul Castro expressed his solidarity with the Pyongyang regime to visiting North Korean dignitary Ju Yong-gil.