North Korean Official Meets Syrian Delegation

[oberliner]

Source: New York Times/AP

SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 22 (AP) — North Korea’s No. 2 leader met with a Syrian delegation in Pyongyang today, the North’s media reported, amid growing international concerns about weapons technology cooperation between the two countries.

Kim Yong Nam, head of the North’s rubber-stamp legislature and titular head of state, had “a friendly talk” with the Syrian delegation, led by Saaeed Eleia Dawood, director of the organizational department of Syria’s Baath Arab Socialist Party, the North’s Korean Central News Agency reported.

The Syrian official expressed satisfaction that the “friendly and cooperative ties” between the two countries are growing stronger under President Bashar Al-Assad of Syria and Kim Jong Il of North Korea, KCNA said.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/22/world/asia/22cnd-korea.html

[David__77]

1. Of course they're cooperating.

They want to support each other with the looming threat of US aggression.