A delegation from the Government of Nicaragua raised with the North Korean ambassador to Russia, Sin Hong-Chol, the country’s interest in placing its products in the market of that Asian nation, the Nicaraguan Executive reported on Wednesday.
The Nicaraguan delegation, which includes two of the sons of the country’s president, Daniel Ortega, and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, met with Sin Hong-Chol within the framework of the VII Russian Eastern Economic Forum, according to the official information.
At that meeting, the North Korean ambassador raised “the potential of placing Nicaraguan products in that Asian country,” the source said.
Nicaraguan authorities did not provide details of the talks between two of the poorest countries on their respective continents.
Nicaragua’s main export products are coffee, raw gold, beef, and agricultural products.
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North Korea’s economy shrank 0.1% in 2021 and 4.5% in 2020, according to an estimate by the Central Bank of South Korea, which attributes this evolution to the sanctions on Pyongyang and the impact of the pandemic.
The Nicaraguan delegation that met with the North Korean ambassador was headed by the Minister of Finance and Public Credit and co-chair of the mixed Nicaragua-Russia commission, Iván Acosta.
It was also made up of Laureano Facundo Ortega Murillo, presidential adviser and special representative of the president for affairs with Russia, and Daniel Edmundo Ortega Murillo, media coordinator of the Communication and Citizenship Council of Nicaragua.
The Ortega Murillo’s are two of the children of the Nicaraguan presidential couple.
Nicaragua and North Korea are characterized by their alliance with Russia and for rejecting the United States and the rest of the Western countries.
