Nicaragua and Laos have resumed diplomatic relations, Nicaragua's Foreign minister Samuel Santos said Friday.

A Laos delegation headed by Foreign minister Thongloune Sisoulith was visiting Nicaragua and was warmly welcomed by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.

Also on Friday, the two sides signed two agreements, Santos said.

One of the accords was aimed at boosting exchanges between the foreign ministries of the two countries and mutual support for each other, and the other one was designed to promote "work in the south-south concept and form a bilateral commission to negotiate the accords necessary to benefit both countries," Santos said.

Nicaragua and Laos established diplomatic relations in 1979. The diplomatic ties were broken in 1990 when Violeta Chamorro became Nicaraguan president.

"In reality these relations have never been broken between the peoples of Nicaragua and Laos. They have passed through difficult times. They have been firm," Ortega said.

Ortega said both Nicaragua and Laos have worked hard to achieve progress and enjoy real economic and social sovereignty by eradicating poverty.

Source: Xinhua