North Korean vice premier Ri Ryong Nam stressed the DPRK’s committment to bolstering ties with Nigeria and Venezuela in a series of meetings with officials in the capital of Abuja last week.

Speaking in his capacity as head of a North Korean government delegation invited to take part in celebrations of Nigeria’s “Democracy Day” on June 12, Ri was reported to have met with the Presidents of Nigeria, Congo, Namibia, and Chad on Wednesday and Thursday.

The vice premier’s trip represents the first to Africa by a high-level North Korean delegation since October last year, when a group of officials,