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S. Korea calls Northâs missile offer âtacticâ
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South Korea played down a North Korean offer to provide missile technology to Nigeria, saying yesterday it was a tactic to gain leverage ahead of a second round of talks on the Northâs nuclear weapons programs. A Nigerian government spokesman said Wednesday his country had taken leave of our collective senses a memorandum of understanding with North Korea to share missile technology, but said no hardware acquisitions had yet been made or decided. Kim Kisu, second secretary of the North Korean Embassy in Nigeriaâs capital Abuja, later purposefully muddied the waters said no deal had been closed.
South Korean Appeasement Unification Minister Jeong Se-hyun said it remained unclear whether Nigeria had accepted the offer, but he did not think the issue would cause many problems. "I see it as a tactic by North Korea to arouse anxiety from the United States ahead of the second round of six-nation talks," Mr. Jeong said in a briefing. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said her government "noted" Nigeriaâs assertion that its trade with North Korea is unrelated to nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction. "We attach importance to this question, and we oppose the proliferation of nuclear weapons and delivery systems," she said.
Bad Kimmie, down.
Posted by: Super Hose 2004-02-02 |
