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Guinea-BissauâNorth 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.
During the Cold War, North Korea â like many other states aligned with the Soviet Union, or in general opposition to colonialism â provided military, political and diplomatic aid to the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), the movement fighting Portugal in the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence. [1] Before independence, AmĂlcar Cabral and other members of the PAIGC traveled to North Korea, China, and Japan and met with Kim Il Sung in North Korea. [2] [3] Following independence, Guinea-Bissau subsequently established diplomatic relations with North Korea on 16 March 1974. [4] Guinea-Bissau was one of many African countries to recognize North Korea but withhold recognition from South Korea in the mid-1970s. [5] Formerly, North Korea maintained an embassy in Bissau. [6]
In 1977, a few years prior to being overthrown, Guinea-Bissau's first independent leader â President LuĂs Cabral â visited Pyongyang, meeting Kim Il Sung together with his wife. [7] A decade later on his 70th birthday, in 1982, Kim Il Sung was awarded the AmĂlcar Cabral Order by the Bissau-Guinean government. [8]
Guinea-Bissau |
North Korea |
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Guinea-BissauâNorth 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.
During the Cold War, North Korea â like many other states aligned with the Soviet Union, or in general opposition to colonialism â provided military, political and diplomatic aid to the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), the movement fighting Portugal in the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence. [1] Before independence, AmĂlcar Cabral and other members of the PAIGC traveled to North Korea, China, and Japan and met with Kim Il Sung in North Korea. [2] [3] Following independence, Guinea-Bissau subsequently established diplomatic relations with North Korea on 16 March 1974. [4] Guinea-Bissau was one of many African countries to recognize North Korea but withhold recognition from South Korea in the mid-1970s. [5] Formerly, North Korea maintained an embassy in Bissau. [6]
In 1977, a few years prior to being overthrown, Guinea-Bissau's first independent leader â President LuĂs Cabral â visited Pyongyang, meeting Kim Il Sung together with his wife. [7] A decade later on his 70th birthday, in 1982, Kim Il Sung was awarded the AmĂlcar Cabral Order by the Bissau-Guinean government. [8]