A delegation of DPRK Chamber of Commerce (COC) officials traveled to the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia this week for a series of meetings on expanding trade and working towards establishing joint ventures, according to a report from the Abkhazian Cabinet of Ministers.

The two sides discussed cooperation in the construction, transportation logistics, and agriculture sectors, the report said, as well as opportunities to utilize land and industry in each other’s territories.

COC president Ryu Hyon Chol, Foreign Economic Affairs department head Chong Un Hye, and others from the DPRK arrived in the capital Sukhumi Tuesday for a three-day visit, and