North Korea and Syria are planning to expand their co-operation in the field of agriculture, according to a report in the Syrian media outlet the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).

Reporting on a meeting between North Korean Ambassador in Damascus Jang Myong Ho and the head of Syria’s Peasant’s Union Hammad al-Saud, SANA said the two men discussed the “exerted efforts” to expand co-operation.

Jang Myong Ho “affirmed his country’s support to Syria and its people in the face of the conspiracy to which it is exposed,” according to the report, and pointed out “the importance of boosting the historic relations between the two countries”.