Swiss foreign minister discusses security issues with North Korea

ZURICH, Oct 30 - Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said on Friday that he had discussed security challenges affecting European and Asian nations with North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui during a visit to Pyongyang for the formal reopening of Switzerland's diplomatic office there.• The two discussed regularising political relations and re-establishing political dialogue between the countries, Cassis wrote on X• Security on the Korean Peninsula and broader Eurasian security challenges were also topics of the talks, he wrote• The Pyongyang office, operational since October 19, reports to the Swiss embassy in Beijing, which retains responsibility for diplomatic and consular relations with North Korea REUTERS