North Korea has dispatched an official delegation to Havana to express condolences over the death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, state-run outlet Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Monday.

The delegation is led by Choe Ryong Hae, a member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), and left Pyongyang for Havana on Monday.

Rodong Sinmun, North Korea’s most widely read newspaper and an organ of the ruling party, reported on Monday that a joint decision concerning Castro’s death was issued on Sunday by the Central