North Korea–Pakistan relations

Pakistan–North Korea relations

North Korea	Pakistan

Pakistan has both diplomatic and economic relationships with North Korea. 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.

Pakistani public opinion towards North Korea seem to be largely divided, with 27% viewing it positively and 27% expressing a negative view.^[1]

History

Iran–Iraq war

Pakistan is believed to have also been forging alliances between North Korea, Iran and Libya. During the

In 2002, information leaked that Pakistan had been the source of North Korea's recent development in nuclear warheads, according to US intelligence officials.[4] Abdul Qadeer Khan was placed under house arrest by the Pakistan government and was made to publicly apologize to the Pakistan public for "embarrassing" the country. The Pakistani government declined repeated calls for weapons inspectors to investigate Pakistan's nuclear facilities or any attempts for the CIA to directly question Khan, despite growing Western pressure.

Trade relations

• Foreign relations of North Korea
• Foreign relations of Pakistan
• North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
• Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction

References

External links

• A Pakistan-North Korea connection?