Thai team to visit North Korea

Thai team to visit North Korea

BANGKOK (Reuters): North Korea has invited a Thai delegation
to visit Pyongyang next month for talks on a range of economic
and trade issues, a senior Thai official said on Monday.

Kobsak had been speaking on the sidelines of a two-day meeting
of foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of South East
Asian Nations in Bangkok.

A North Korean delegation is expected to arrive in the Thai
capital late on Tuesday to take part for the first time in
dialogue at the ASEAN Regional Forum, Asia's only arena for
security issues outside the United Nations.

Thai Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan said North Korea's
meeting ASEAN and other regional partners was a good sign for
regional security and cooperation.