South Korea opens embassy in Cuba nearly year after establishing diplomatic ties

Published: 19 Jan. 2025, 15:47
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South Korea officially opened its embassy in Cuba on Friday, 11 months after Seoul established diplomatic relations with Havana, a longstanding ally of Pyongyang.

Cuba became South Korea’s 193rd diplomatic partner, leaving Syria as the only United Nations member state without formal ties with Seoul, according to Seoul's Foreign Ministry on Saturday.

The embassy's opening ceremony was held in Havana’s Miramar district and attended by Lee Joo-il, the director-general for Latin American and Caribbean affairs at South Korea's Foreign Ministry, and Carlos Pereira, the director-general of the general division of bilateral affairs at Cuba's Foreign Ministry.

The embassy aims to enhance consular services for South Koreans living in or visiting Cuba while promoting economic and cultural exchanges between the two nations.

Lee Ho-yul, minister at the Embassy of Korea in Mexico, has been nominated as the first South Korean ambassador to Cuba.

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