The diplomat whom Pyongyang is reportedly sending to the 80th United Nations General Assembly has arrived in Beijing.

According to diplomatic sources, a North Korean delegation led by North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son-gyong arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport on an Air Koryo flight at 11:18 a.m. on Thursday.

The U.S.-based outlet NK News reported on Friday of last week that Pyongyang would send Kim to the 80th UN General Assembly and that the minister will address the Assembly in New York on Monday.

The last time that someone other than Kim Song, the North's permanent representative to the UN, spoke at the Assembly was 2018, when then-Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho attended.

If Kim and his delegation depart from Beijing on Thursday, they are likely to board a 7:35 p.m. Air China flight bound for New York.