Owais
SENIOR MEMBER
- Joined
- Oct 3, 2005
- Messages
- 4,512
- Reaction score
- 0
Iranians present at North Korea missile launch: US WASHINGTON: Washington accused Iranian officials of being present at North Korea's latest missile launches, escalating US suspicions of sensitive military cooperation between Tehran and Pyongyang.
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill, the US envoy to stalled six-nation talks on the crisis, told a congressional hearing it "is our understanding" that one or more Iranian officials were present at the July 5 test launches.
On a question about reports that Syria, Venezuela and Myanmar were also involved in arms-related trade with North Korea Hill said: "We have certainly tracked that, and we know that they have been engaged in these types of talks."
North Korea is believed to have sold missile technology in the past to Iran, according to diplomats, but whether there was further cooperation remains unclear.
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill, the US envoy to stalled six-nation talks on the crisis, told a congressional hearing it "is our understanding" that one or more Iranian officials were present at the July 5 test launches.
On a question about reports that Syria, Venezuela and Myanmar were also involved in arms-related trade with North Korea Hill said: "We have certainly tracked that, and we know that they have been engaged in these types of talks."
North Korea is believed to have sold missile technology in the past to Iran, according to diplomats, but whether there was further cooperation remains unclear.
