North Korea–Pakistan relations

Pakistan–North Korea

North Korea

Pakistan

Pakistan has diplomatic and economic relationships with North Korea, a single party state in which the hereditary rule of the Kim family has become an established institution. The start of relations between the two countries emerged sometime in the 1970s during the democratic prime ministerialship of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, when he made a state visit to North Korea as part of his foreign policy campaign to strengthen the relations with socialist states. Pakistan has an Embassy in Pyongyang while North Korea maintains an Embassy in Islamabad, a vast Consulate-General in Karachi, and consulates in other cities of Pakistan.

Despite the rise of anti-American sentiment in Pakistan and their mutual close military ties with the People's Republic of China, Pakistani public opinion towards North Korea seem to be largely divided, with 27% viewing it positively and 27% expressing a negative view.[1]

Trade relations

Allegations of nuclear assistance by Pakistan

2002 scandal

2006 nuclear test by North Korea

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