Stefan Lofven said that Sweden would make efforts to develop the long-standing relations with the DPRK, expressing pleasure over the fact that the climate of detente and reconciliation is being created on the Korean Peninsula recently.

On the same day Han Song Ryol paid a courtesy call on the Swedish foreign minister and had talks with the state secretary for the Swedish Foreign Ministry.

Views on developing the bilateral relations and DPRK-EU relations were exchanged during the courtesy call and talks.