North Korea and Venezuela should stand together US pressure and blackmail, North Korean parliament Vice-President Yang Hyong Sop recommended, as quoted by AP.

Both nations "are subject to US high pressure and blackmail," Tang said, according to a note on the web page of the Venezuelan Vice-President's Office.

The Korean lawmaker met Thursday with Venezuelan Vice-President José Vicente Rangel.

"The (President George W.) Bush administration is plotting a lot to suppress our Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela," Yang said, according to the note.

"Closer relations and friendship of both peoples to face in this way foes' confabulations is badly needed and most important."

The meeting involved exchange of opinions "in order to develop further the relations of both peoples in different areas; also we exchanged information on the situation of both countries," the Asian lawmaker declared.

Yang briefed on opening of diplomatic missions in Venezuela and North Korea, in addition to potential energy-related cooperation.