SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES ON DEATH OF DEMOCRATIC

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA’S FOREIGN MINISTER

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The Secretary-General expresses his condolences for the death of Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), with whom he worked for peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula over the years.

The Secretary-General hopes that the death of Foreign Minister Paek does not, in any case, hinder the ongoing six-party process or the way for DPRK’s foreign policy to open up to the international community.

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