North Korea has sent its ambassador to Egypt to the ongoing U.N. climate change conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, marking one of the few international diplomatic events the DPRK has attended during the global pandemic.
An official video of Sunday’s opening plenary for COP27 shows a participant wearing what appears to be a North Korean badge featuring founder Kim Il Sung, and a comparison of the video and an official photo against images of Ma in Vietnamese and Egyptian media confirms that the man is North Korea’s Ambassador to Egypt Ma Tong Hui.
North Korea has sent its ambassador to Egypt to the ongoing U.N. climate change conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, marking one of the few international diplomatic events the DPRK has attended during the global pandemic.
An official video of Sunday’s opening plenary for COP27 shows a participant wearing what appears to be a North Korean badge featuring founder Kim Il Sung, and a comparison of the video and an official photo against images of Ma in Vietnamese and Egyptian media confirms that the man is North Korea’s Ambassador to Egypt Ma Tong Hui.
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