Rogozin: Russia has not passed missile technology DPRK – RIA Novosti

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MOSCOW, February 8 -. RIA Novosti Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin in an interview with the newspaper “Kommersant” described as “nonsense” allegations South Korea in that Russia gave North Korea the technology of rocket production, and stressed that Moscow adheres to the regime of non-proliferation.

The North Korean Committee of space technology announced Sunday the successful launch of the carrier rocket “kwangmyŏngsŏng program” satellite “kwangmyŏngsŏng program-4″ Shohei from Baikonur (tongchang county-none) in North Pyongan province. South Korean military believe that the maximum range of the missile launched by North Korea could be 13 thousand kilometers. Agency Rёnhap citing South Korean intelligence reported that some components of the missiles could supposedly be imported from Russia. In this case any further details or evidence in connection with this statement given was not

Rogozin, who oversees the space industry, said, “Kommersant” in the government, that the information on the transfer of Moscow Pyongyang missile production technologies -. ” “.

” complete nonsense and nonsense that even half a percentage point does not correspond to reality, we clearly monitor the observance of non-proliferation of missile technology, export led me commission never permits its kind for North Korea has not issued, “- said Rogozin edition.

A similar statement was made by “Kommersant” and the official representative of the state corporation “Roscosmos” Igor Bourenkov.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday in connection with the launch of North Korean missiles that Pyongyang does not heed the calls of the international community, once again “demonstrating the defiant disregard for international law.” As noted by the agency, such actions lead to a serious aggravation of the situation on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia as a whole, “playing into the hands of those who puts on bloc policies and capacity of military confrontation, cause serious damage to the security of the region states, primarily North Korea itself. “

North Korea declared itself a nuclear power in 2005, and in 2006, 2009 and 2013 carried out an underground nuclear test. In 2009, Pyongyang walked out of six-party talks, in which, in addition to North Korea, was attended by Russia, the US, China, Japan and South Korea. The UN Security Council in response to Pyongyang adopted a number of resolutions calling on North Korea to stop nuclear activities. Resolutions 1718 and 1874, in addition to the sanctions contained in the DPRK requirements do not conduct nuclear tests and ballistic missile launches and return to talks on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

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