April 19, 2024
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Kuwait set to reduce North Korean embassy staff, expel ambassador

Sanctions implementation report says number of diplomats will fall from nine to four

Kuwait is set to decrease the number of staff at the North Korean embassy - including its ambassador - as part of its implementation of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, the country’s most recent report on sanctions implementation said.

“The authorities have decided to reduce the number of diplomatic staff at the Embassy of the Diplomatic People’s Republic of Korea from nine to four, including the Ambassador,” the implementation report, which reports on efforts to enforce resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017) and 2371 (2017), read.

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