Syria’s President Assad to visit North Korea

(UTV|COLOMBO) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad plans to make a state visit to North Korea, the North’s State News Agency says.

It would be the first time North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has hosted a Head of State since assuming power in 2011, the BBC reported.

He has undertaken a flurry of diplomatic activity recently, meeting China’s President in May, and is expected to attend a summit with Donald Trump this month.

Syria, an ally of the North, has made no comment on the reported plan.

The two countries have been accused of co-operating on chemical weapons. But both nations deny the accusations.

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