Estonia–North Korea relations

Estonia–North Korea relations

Estonia	North Korea

The Republic of Estonia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea do not have diplomatic relations since Estonia does not recognize North Korea as a sovereign state and is one of the two European Union members (aside from France) not to do so.

Overview

Estonia has been an independent country since its declaration in 1918 before being illegally annexed into the Soviet Union in 1940. Later, the Estonian government-in-exile was formed in 1953 to handle diplomatic matters. In 1991, Estonia restored its independence.

After the Japanese defeat in 1945 near the end of World War II, Korea which was then a Japanese colony was partitioned into the 38th parallel with the northern portion reestablished as a socialist state under Soviet influence. This would later become North Korea in 1948.

Because both Estonia and North Korea do not have relations, This means, de jure, that Estonia considers the Republic of Korea to have sole sovereignty over Korea.

Issues

In 2013, during the United Nations Conference on Disarmament, Estonian foreign minister Urmas Paet condemned the recent nuclear test and stated "Instead of feeding their people and developing their society, the leadership of the country is spending money on nuclear testing. This is clearly in violation of the UN Security Council resolution and places the international community's goal of preventing the spread of nuclear weapons at risk."

After the Sony Pictures hacking, the 2014 film, The Interview was banned in all of Estonian cinemas. ACME Film representative Elna-Eva Terasmäe said that Sony Pictures was the victim of an unprecedented criminal action, which negative affected employees, customers and the company itself.

See also

• Foreign relations of Estonia
• Foreign relations of North Korea

References

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