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182724
Tue, 05/17/2011 - 16:06
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Iran Dismisses Missile Cooperation with N. Korea
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran dismissed cooperation with North Korea on the development of its ballistic missile technology, stressing that Tehran enjoys high capabilities to advance its home-grown missile program.
"Iran enjoys so many high capabilities that it doesn't need to import (missile) parts and technological know-how from other countries," Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said in a weekly press conference here on Tuesday.
He dismissed media allegations in this regard as fabricated propaganda, cautioning that enemies attempt to pursue their plots against Iran and North Korea through such reports.
Earlier on Tuesday, China also played down a report that pointed to it as a trans-shipment point for banned missile technology and other illicit trade between North Korea and Iran.
The alleged report claimed that North Korea appeared to have been exchanging ballistic missile technology and expertise with Iran in violation of Security Council sanctions.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said the document did not have the authority of the Security Council and that Beijing scrupulously upheld punitive UN measures against North Korea.
The report was submitted to the Security Council last week by a UN Panel of Experts, a group that monitors compliance with UN sanctions imposed on Pyongyang after it conducted nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009.
"Iran enjoys so many high capabilities that it doesn't need to import (missile) parts and technological know-how from other countries," Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said in a weekly press conference here on Tuesday.
He dismissed media allegations in this regard as fabricated propaganda, cautioning that enemies attempt to pursue their plots against Iran and North Korea through such reports.
Earlier on Tuesday, China also played down a report that pointed to it as a trans-shipment point for banned missile technology and other illicit trade between North Korea and Iran.
The alleged report claimed that North Korea appeared to have been exchanging ballistic missile technology and expertise with Iran in violation of Security Council sanctions.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said the document did not have the authority of the Security Council and that Beijing scrupulously upheld punitive UN measures against North Korea.
The report was submitted to the Security Council last week by a UN Panel of Experts, a group that monitors compliance with UN sanctions imposed on Pyongyang after it conducted nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009.
