朝鮮和聯合國同意定期溝通
North Korea and the United Nations have agreed to communicate regularly.
KCNA, North Korea's state run news service, said Saturday this latest development is a result of a senior U.N. official's recent visit to the isolated nation.
Jeffrey Feltman, the U.N.'s undersecretary general for political affairs, visited North Korea this week, holding meetings with Foreign Minister Ri Yoing Ho and Vice Minister Pak Myong Guk.
State media said Feltman's visit "contributed to deepening the understanding between the DPRK and the U.N. Secretariat."
Feltman's visit came right after the U.S. and South Korea launched their biggest-ever, annual joint air exercises.
KCNA said Pyongyang considers the joint drills part of a U.S. "scheme to make a surprisingly preemptive nuclear strike" on North Korea.
The U.S. and South Korean exercises, however, came a week after North Korea test-fired a powerful new intercontinental ballistic missile that experts say is capable of reaching the U.S. The new ICBM is one of several missile tests conducted by Pyongyang -- along with a series of nuclear tests -- in defiance of international sanctions.
North Korea is also concerned about the effects international sanctions have had on the delivery of humanitarian aid.
Feltman is the highest ranking U.N. official to visit North Korea since 2010. He flew to Beijing Saturday.朝鮮和聯合國同意定期溝通。
朝鮮國營媒體朝中社星期六說，這個最新進展是一位聯合國高官最近訪問平壤的結果。
聯合國主管政治事務的副祕書長菲爾特曼本星期訪問了朝鮮，與朝鮮外務相李勇浩和副外相樸明國舉行了會談。
朝中社說，菲爾特曼的訪問加深了朝鮮民主主義人民共和國與聯合國祕書處之間的理解。
菲爾特曼訪問前，美國和韓國剛剛開始舉行迄今爲止規模最大的年度聯合空中演習。
朝中社說，平壤把美韓軍演視爲美國對朝鮮發動出其不意和先發制人打擊計劃的一部分。
美國和韓國的軍事演習開始一週前，朝鮮試射了一枚新型洲際彈道導彈。專家說導彈可以打到美國本土。朝鮮無視國際社會的制裁，進行了包括這枚洲際彈道導彈在內的一系列導彈試射以及核試驗。
朝鮮擔心國際制裁對人道援助的影響。
菲爾特曼是2010年以來訪問朝鮮的最高級聯合國官員。他星期六飛往北京。
