Mexico Declares North Korea Ambassador Persona Non Grata

© AFP 2023 / Luis AcostaA Mexican flag flutters at the Zocalo square in Mexico City, on April 29, 2009. The World Health Organisation raised its flu alert to phase five out of six, WHO chief Margaret Chan said, signalling that a pandemic was "imminent" following the swine flu outbreak.
A Mexican flag flutters at the Zocalo square in Mexico City, on April 29, 2009. The World Health Organisation raised its flu alert to phase five out of six, WHO chief Margaret Chan said, signalling that a pandemic was imminent following the swine flu outbreak. - Sputnik International
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Mexico has given the North Korean ambassador 72 hours to leave the country after declaring him persona non grata.

MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) — Mexico has declared the North Korean ambassador persona non grata and has given him 72 hours to leave the country, its Foreign Affairs Secretariat announced Thursday.

"Today, on Thursday, the government of Mexico declared DPRK Ambassador Kim Hyong Gil persona non grata and gave him 72 hours to leave the national territory," the statement read.

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The expulsion of the Communist state’s top diplomat is a sign of Mexico’s "absolute rejection" of North Korea’s nuclear activities, which it said posed a serious threat to the region and the world.

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