Libya–North Korea relations
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Libya–North Korea relations (Korean: 리비아-조선민주주의인민공화국 관계, Arabic: العلاقات بين ليبيا وكوريا الشمالية) are relations between North Korea and Libya. North Korea established formal diplomatic relations with Muammar Gaddafi regime in Libya in 1974. The North Korean government maintains an embassy in Tripoli. In the 1970s and 1980s, the Libyan government under Muammar Gaddafi established close ties with the North Korean government and purchased a significant amount of North Korea's weaponry.[1]