Guinea-Bissau–North Korea relations

Bissau-Guinean-North Korean relations

Guinea-Bissau
North Korea

Guinea-Bissau–North Korea relations refers to the current and historical relationship between Guinea-Bissau and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea. Neither country maintains an embassy in their respective capitals.

History

During the Cold War, North Korea – like many other states aligned with the Soviet Union, or in general opposition to colonialism – provided significant military, political and diplomatic aid to the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde, the movement fighting Portugal in the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence.[1] Following independence, Guinea-Bissau subsequently established diplomatic relations with North Korea on 16 March 1974.[2] Formerly, North Korea maintained an embassy in Bissau.[3]

In 1977, a few years prior to being overthrown, Guinea-Bissau's first independent leader – President Luís Cabral – visited Pyongyang, meeting Kim Il-sung together with his wife.[4] His half-brother, Amílcar Cabral, had previously visited the country in the early 1970s.[5] A decade later on his 70th birthday, in 1982, Kim Il-sung was awarded the Amílcar Cabral Order by the Bissau-Guinean government.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Karibe Mendy, Peter; Lobban Jr., A. (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. Scarecrow Press. pp. 172 and 266. ISBN 081-088-027-X.
  2. ↑ Yonhap News Agency (2002). North Korea Handbook. Seoul: M. E. Sharpe. p. 965. ISBN 076-563-523-2.
  3. ↑ North Korea News. Seoul: Naewoe Press. 1987. p. 67.
  4. ↑ Korea & World Affairs. Seoul: Research Center for Peace and Unification. 1977. p. 361.
  5. ↑ Journal of Korean Affairs. Research Institute on Korean Affairs. 1971. p. 58.
  6. ↑ Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East, Part 3. London: British Broadcasting Corporation. 1983.