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North Korea and Syria sign protocols on trade, labor, and scientific cooperation

Three days of meetings in Damascus see agreements signed in dozens of areas between multiple ministries

North Korean and Syrian officials signed a series of agreements in Damascus on Wednesday covering trade, laborers, scientific and technical cooperation, and dozens of other areas, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). 

DPRK Ministry of External Economic Relations chief Kim Yong Jae arrived in Damascus on Saturday to begin the 11th round of meetings under the DPRK-Syria Joint Economic Committee with his counterpart Mamoun Hamdan, head of the Syrian Ministry of Finance (MOF).

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