North Korean diplomats based in London are scheduled to attend the 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP26) that will kick off in Glasgow later this month, multiple informed sources told NK News.

While it is unlikely that any DPRK delegation will fly out of Pyongyang for the event, officials at the DPRK Embassy in the U.K., including Ambassador Choe Il, will attend in person as observers, sources told NK News.

Seoul’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs told NK News that it welcomes the North Korean delegation’s attendance at the climate meeting alongside South Korean officials.

“If North Korea wants, it will