North Korea is interested in exploring energy cooperation with Azerbaijan – likely in the oil sector – DPRK foreign minister Ri Yong Ho told his Azerbaijani counterpart on Friday, according to the Eurasian country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Ri’s meeting with foreign minister Elmar Mammadyarov occurred on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), which is taking place in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku.

“Highlighting his visit historic, Yong Ho Ri (sic) stressed the importance of exchange of visits which would serve as a landmark for enhancing bilateral relations,” a press release on the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs