France is willing to provide COVID-19 vaccines to North Korea, the country’s ambassador to South Korea told NK News on Tuesday, noting that Paris has “capacity to give more resources” to help the DPRK combat an ongoing outbreak.

At an event in Seoul on resolving North Korea’s “enforced disappearance crimes,” Ambassador Philippe Lefort said France will separate humanitarian assistance from concerns over the DPRK’s human rights violations and continued missile testing. 

“This is something that we need to do, whatever is the strategic context, to protect the population,” Lefort said in an interview with NK Newson the sidelines of