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182920
Wed, 05/18/2011 - 14:06
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Iranian DM Rejects West's Claims on Tehran-Pyongyang Missile Cooperation
TEHRAN,May 18 (FNA)- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi rejected the western states' allegations that Tehran has imported technology from North Korea to develop its ballistic missile program.
"Iran is completely self-sufficient in the field of defense industry and does not need other countries and nothing has been exchanged between us in this field," General Vahidi told reporters at the end of a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
Earlier, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast had also 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.
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 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.
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.
"Iran is completely self-sufficient in the field of defense industry and does not need other countries and nothing has been exchanged between us in this field," General Vahidi told reporters at the end of a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
Earlier, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast had also 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.
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 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.
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.
