Correction: Updated throughout at 11:48 a.m. KST on July 25 to indicate that the new ambassador has formally begun his role but will be based in Beijing, not Pyongyang.

Bulgaria’s newly appointed ambassador to North Korea formally presented his credentials in Pyongyang this week, the latest step in restoring the Balkan country’s diplomatic exchange with the DPRK after the pandemic.

However, Andrey Tehov, who also serves as Sofia’s envoy to China, will be based in Beijing rather than the recently reopened embassy in Pyongyang, Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed to NK News.

“We would like to confirm