North Korea–Sweden relations
{'<entity_0>': 'North Korea–Sweden relations', '<entity_1>': '07 April 1973', '<entity_2>': 'North Korea', '<entity_3>': 'Sweden'}
[['North Korea–Sweden relations', 'country', 'Sweden'], ['North Korea–Sweden relations', 'country', 'North Korea'], ['North Korea–Sweden relations', 'start time', '07 April 1973']]
<entity_0> (Korean: 스웨리예-조선민주주의인민공화국 관계) are the bilateral relations between <entity_2> and <entity_3>. <entity_3> has had a long-term commitment in <entity_2> and its relations with the country are exceptionally close among Western nations. <entity_3> is one of the major contributors of humanitarian aid to <entity_2>. Left-wing politicians in <entity_3> were campaigning for the recognition of <entity_2> on the basis that <entity_3> had already recognized South Korea in 1959. <entity_3> and <entity_2> established formal diplomatic relations on <entity_1>. In early 2018, <entity_2>'s deputy foreign minister visited <entity_3> to discuss the upcoming 2018 <entity_2>–United States summit with foreign minister Margot Wallström and prime minister Stefan Löfven. <entity_2> has an embassy in <entity_3>, and <entity_3> has one in <entity_2>: <entity_3> was the first Western country to establish an embassy in Pyongyang, in 1975, and remained the only one for 26 years to maintain ambassadorial presence. <entity_3> often acts as an intermediary in negotiations between <entity_2> and Western countries, and has been especially active in improving the ties of <entity_2> and the United States. In the 1970s, <entity_3> began to see <entity_2> as a lucrative market. <entity_2> still owes 2.2 billion Swedish kronor (234 million euros) to <entity_3> from these imports.
['bilateral relation']