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(LEAD) French special envoy visiting Pyongyang
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Yonhap) -- A special envoy of French President Nicolas Sarkozy on North Korea arrived in Pyongyang on Monday, the North's media said, in a visit reportedly aimed at exploring ways of improving relations with the communist state.
"Jack Lang, special envoy of the French president, and his party arrived here by air," the Korean Central News Agency said. It gave no other details. | | Jack Lang (Data picture) |
France is one of the few countries in the European Union that does not have diplomatic ties with North Korea.
Lang visited South Korea, Japan and the United States last month and said France was seeking ways of contributing to regional negotiations over the North's nuclear weapons program. The envoy is expected to propose economic aid from the EU on condition of progress in Pyongyang's denuclearization.
It was not yet known whether Lang would be granted a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il during his five-day trip. The French Socialist party member and former culture minister is expected to submit a report on his North Korea visit to Sarkozy after his return from Pyongyang on Friday.
The news agency also said a delegation from the Swiss Foreign Ministry arrived on the same flight. It did not give the purpose of the Swiss visit.
hkim@yna.co.kr
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