31.   Costa Rica maintains its embassy in Jerusalem, not Tel Aviv.

32.   Unofficial working level contacts between the two sides paved the way for the official-level talks in Beijing, where both North and South Korea maintain embassies.

33.   Vietnam recognises Palestinian statehood and the Palestine Liberation Organization maintains an embassy in Hanoi.

34.   Yonhap said the decision was made after unofficial working level contacts between the two sides in Beijing, where both North and South Korea maintain embassies.

35.   Washington maintains an embassy in Rangoon but has no ambassador there.

36.   North Korea maintains an embassy in central Phnom Penh, but officials there could not be reached for comment.