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| Iranian President Slams N.Korean Nuke Program | |
| 2016-05-12 | |
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Monday distanced his country from North Korea and its nuclear program.
Rouhani did not name North Korea or Israel, but it was clear he had them in mind. Someone miss a payment ? He was speaking in a press conference with President Park Geun-hye, who arrived earlier in the day as the first Korean president to set foot in the country and the first female leader of a non-Muslim nation to visit Tehran. Iran has long had a cooperative relationship with North Korea, which allegedly helped Iran develop its own nuclear program until Tehran gave it up under an international deal which led to the lifting of sanctions last year. The remarks signal further isolation for Pyongyang in the international community. Instead South Korea is hoping to get closer to Iran and reap the benefits of a vast resurgent market. Park is accompanied by an entourage of hundreds of business leaders, the biggest of any foreign state visit. Park and Rouhani agreed to open direct flights between the two countries, expand economic cooperation and oppose North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Korean companies signed infrastructure business deals worth US$37.1 billion with the Iranian government. An Chong-bum, the senior presidential secretary for economic affairs, said, "These are projects that are almost certain to be won by Korean companies." An said the amount would rise to $45.6 billion if deals that are still under negotiation are included. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 Pudgy wants too much money? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-05-12 13:50 |
| #2 False Flag? PO'd that they blew up their new Persian super-intergalactic 'test missile' through incompetence? What Mr. B said? |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2016-05-12 10:34 |
| #1 Failure to deliver? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-05-12 03:13 |