North Korea’s nominal head of state Kim Yong Nam on Tuesday met with nine leaders from African countries to conclude an overseas trip that has been underway since last Tuesday.

Pyongyang’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that Kim on Friday had “friendly talks” with national leaders from Chad, Gabon, Central Africa, Congo and Mali. A day before, Kim met the president of Burundi and the former president of Mozambique.

“It is the consistent stand of the government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea to further expand and develop friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries,” President of Equatorial