Minister of Foreign Affairs Ui Chun Pak of Korea, North

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Vietnamese government spokesman Le Dung said Pak was to meet with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem Saturday to discuss \'the implementation of agreements reached at high-ranking levels to promote traditional relations between the two countries.

promote traditional relations between the two countries.

Pak was here for a three-day visit to boost ties between the two communist countries.

Minister Pak is on an historic official visit to Manila back-to-back with North Korea's participation in the ARF.

Minister Pak is the first foreign minister from North Korea to visit the Philippines.

The United States is refusing to co-exist with US and is trying to disarm US completely," Pak was quoted by Interfax as saying.

However, Pak has however promised to "cooperate in a manner that satisfies all the parties involved", Cristobal said.

On Monday, Pak was to meet with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and tour business and cultural sites in Manila.

Minister Pak said the six-party talks had been producing good progress (and) said his country was committed to the agreements signed in February to move forward with the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula," Romulo's spokesman Claro Cristobal told reporters.

the 60th anniversary of relations between the two countries.

Pak is in the country to attend the 14th asean regional forum, Asia's largest security forum, on Aug 2.

Minister Pak said that the six-party talks had been producing good progress.