Libya closes embassy in N. Korea in 2013: Seoul diplomat

SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- Libya closed its embassy in North Korea last year and its relationship with the communist country is at "the minimum level," the South Korean envoy to the North African country said Thursday.

"Libya had been making efforts to rationalize its relationship with North Korea after the country's democratization (in 2011)," South Korean Ambassador to Libya Lee Jong-kook said in an interview with Yonhap News Agency. "Libya closed the diplomatic office because maintaining it requires a lot of costs on the Libyan side."

   As a result of the shutdown, North Korea-Libya ties remain at their minimum, he said.