A delegation of North Korean government officials departed Pyongyang on Saturday to attend an event in Nigeria, the country’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

The group, which is led by DPRK vice premier Ri Ryong Nam, is set to take part in celebrations of Nigeria’s “Democracy Day” on June 12, it added.

No further details on the group’s itinerary have been given, though Ri is seen as one of the DPRK’s most high-profile economic officials, with an expertise in foreign trade and investment.

Last September’s inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang, for example, saw him hold a meeting with South