Germany presents 7000 tons of beef to North Korea, and North Korea will conduct thorough quarantine

Guide: Pyongyang, June 1, Xinhua (reporter Zhang JinFang and Li Zhengyu) more than 7000 tons of beef aid from the German government to North Korea arrived in the western port of South Korea on June 1 On the same day, the German government presented beef to North Korea at the handover ceremony held in Nanpu port Li Yongxi, vice chairman of the flood response Committee of the DPRK government, and GERT zulthaus, the temporary agent of the German Embassy in the DPRK, exchanged documents on beef handover The German delegation in charge of assistance attended the handover ceremony The German government's offer of beef aid to North Korea was made early last year Germany and North Korea have been negotiating in Berlin since February last year on German beef aid to North Korea In April last year, the German government officially decided to provide 18000 tons of beef to North Korea as humanitarian aid, and planned to deliver it to North Korea in three batches The first two batches of beef arrived in North Korea in November and February The German government stressed that it would take strict quarantine measures to prevent the beef aid to North Korea mixed with the beef suffering from mad cow disease North Korean diplomats in Germany also said they would quarantine German beef thoroughly before accepting it According to KCNA, the beef presented by the German government to North Korea is "sincere humanitarian material" Germany's initiative is an inspiration to the Korean people's efforts to eliminate natural disasters for many years in a row and will contribute to the further development of bilateral relations.