North Korea's leader told a visiting European Union delegation that he intends to keep selling missile technology, a statement that may make it harder for the communist country to forge ties with the international community, according to a report by Bloomberg.
“Kim Jong-il said as long as he finds people who want to buy ... he would sell,'' said the EU's foreign and security policy chief, Javier Solana. “This is an answer we cannot take.'' Solana was part of an EU delegation visiting Pyongyang this week to try to revive peace talks between North and South Korea.
The US considers North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism, partly because it is suspected of selling missile technology to countries such as Iran and Iraq. Its long-range missile development and research into nuclear and chemical weapons are of concern worldwide.
Kim Jong-il, in earlier remarks to the EU delegation, said Pyongyang would uphold a moratorium on missile testing, declared in September 1999, until 2003. North Korea rekindled concern that it poses a threat to its neighbors when it test-fired a missile over Japan's Hokkaido Island in August 1998, said the report – Albawaba.com
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