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"The global community must make sustained and substantive efforts to sharpen the focus on prevention, optimize access to antiretroviral therapy, and make HIV testing widely available to achieve prompt diagnosis and linkage to care," said Dr. Kyu.

Eight months after his defection, Ri Il Kyu is living with his family in the South Korean capital, Seoul.

Ri Il Kyu is the highest-profile defector to escape North Korea since 2016 and has been face to face with Kim Jong Un on seven separate occasions.

Local reports identified the man as 52-year-old Ri Il Kyu and quoted him as saying that he fled because of "disillusionment with the North Korean regime and a bleak future".

The Chosun Ilbo newspaper said it was able to interview the diplomat, whom it identified as 52-year-old Ri Il Kyu.