North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Song-hui is one of the key figures in shaping the country’s foreign policy and representing it in the international arena. She became the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2022 and became the first woman in the history of the DPRK to hold this position.<\/p>\n
She is actively involved in talks and speeches aimed at justifying the actions of North Korea’s allies, such as russia, and criticizing the actions of Western powers.<\/p>\n
\u25fd\ufe0f In January of this year, amid reports of North Korea’s transfer of ballistic missiles to russia, she visited moscow. During her meetings with her russian counterpart, sergey lavrov, and russian leader vladimir putin, she emphasized that “friendly and partnership relations between the two countries have reached a new strategic level” and stressed the need to deepen cooperation. Also in July, Choe Sung-hui she received belarusian foreign minister m.ryzhenkov in Pyongyang.<\/p>\n
\u2757\ufe0f In her numerous public speeches, she denies that russia has provided North Korea with weapons and promotes narratives favorable to russia and the DPRK leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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