North Korean embassies expected to be operational for the first time in four years in major European countries including the UK

European countries such as the UK, Sweden, and Switzerland are expected to reopen their embassies in North Korea for the first time in four years. European countries are in the early stages of the COVID-19 virus pandemic.
In January 2020, all diplomatic missions in Pyongyang were evacuated due to North Korea's lockdown, but there are signs that they will resume operations.
According to foreign news reports on the 28th (local time), the British Foreign Office announced plans for a technical and diplomatic delegation to visit Pyongyang.
Discussions are being held through the North Korean embassy in Don. Sweden's special envoy to the Korean Peninsula also announced that ``progress has been made in connection with the return of Pyongyang.'' The Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also responsible for the Development Cooperation Agency (
We are currently discussing a visit to North Korea in order to resume SDC's humanitarian work in North Korea. Since 1997, Switzerland has established a permanent office of the Development Cooperation Agency in Pyongyang and has been conducting support projects for North Korea.
However, in March 2020, it was withdrawn from the office due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. North Korea resumed entry and exit from the outside world in August last year, but China, Russia, Mongolia, and Cuba
There is a history of allowing diplomats to work only with which pro-North Korea countries. The recent visit of a German Foreign Ministry delegation to Pyongyang at the invitation of North Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sparked a move by European countries to restart their diplomatic missions in Pyongyang.
became active.