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Iran, North Korea Agree On Closer Ties
May 11, 2007
North Korean envoy Kim (left) in Tehran today with Vice President Parviz Davudi (Fars)
The Iranian Students News Agency reports that Iranian Foreign Minister Manucher Mottaki signed the agreement with visiting North Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Yong Il on the evening of May 10.
Mottaki said Tehran wants to expand political, economic, and cultural ties with North Korea.
Under the accord, delegates from the each country would meet every other year to "exchange ideas" about international issues.
(Reuters, ISNA)