And he separately met with the minister of state of the Foreign Ministry of Nigeria, the minister of Higher Education of Senegal and the advisor to the prime minister of Pakistan on national security and foreign affairs.

Earlier, he separately met with the foreign ministers of Cuba, Iran, Turkey and Eritrea and a vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua.

Discussed at the talks were issues of developing bilateral relations between the DPRK and those countries and the issues of mutual support and cooperation in the international arena.