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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem
The North Korean diplomat also met his Syrian counterpart Ahmad Arnus for talks focusing on "the latest political developments of interest to both countries," the source added without giving further details.
Last month North Korea described Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman as an "imbecile" and denied his accusations it was supplying Iran and Syria with weapons technology.
During a visit to Japan in May, Lieberman said North Korea was creating a world-threatening "axis of evil" with the two Middle Eastern countries.
He mentioned the seizure in Bangkok in December of arms from North Korea "with huge numbers of different weapons with the intention of smuggling these weapons to Hamas and to Hezbollah," the militant Islamist and Shiite movements.
The hardline Israeli foreign minister also alleged the North was giving "crucial" assistance to Iranian and Syrian missile programmes.
In 2008, the United States accused North Korea of helping Syria to build a nuclear reactor destroyed in an Israeli bombing raid the previous year. Both North Korea and Syria deny the accusations.
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Last month North Korea described Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman as an "imbecile" and denied his accusations it was supplying Iran and Syria with weapons technology.
During a visit to Japan in May, Lieberman said North Korea was creating a world-threatening "axis of evil" with the two Middle Eastern countries.
He mentioned the seizure in Bangkok in December of arms from North Korea "with huge numbers of different weapons with the intention of smuggling these weapons to Hamas and to Hezbollah," the militant Islamist and Shiite movements.
The hardline Israeli foreign minister also alleged the North was giving "crucial" assistance to Iranian and Syrian missile programmes.
In 2008, the United States accused North Korea of helping Syria to build a nuclear reactor destroyed in an Israeli bombing raid the previous year. Both North Korea and Syria deny the accusations.
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