North Korean vice foreign minister Choe Hui Chol has been moved to the European affairs department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), sources confirmed to NK News on Wednesday.

Choe will replace Vice-Minister Han Song Ryol, who was until this month responsible for both MOFA’s European Affairs Department 2 and North American Affairs Department.

Choe will now lead MOFA’s diplomacy with European nations that include UN Security Council members the UK and France, having previously represented Asian Affairs Department 2, which includes countries like Australia, India, and Pakistan, among others.

But it is unclear whether his new appointment