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Musharraf says Pak bought missile technology from N Korea
Seoul, Nov 07: Pakistan`s President Pervez Musharraf said today that his country obtained short-range missiles and technology from North Korea, but has not given the communist state any nuclear weapons secrets in return.
Seoul, Nov 07: Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf said today that his country obtained short-range missiles and technology from North Korea, but has not given the communist state any nuclear weapons secrets in return.
The transfer of missile technology between the two countries is over, and Pakistan now makes those missiles on its own, Musharraf said in a news conference in Seoul.
So today, "there is absolutely no interaction with North Korea whatsoever on any defense related matters," he said.
Musharraf reassured that there has been "no transfer of, and no proliferation of" nuclear technology to North Korea.
The Pakistani leader called the news conference at the end of his three-day visit to South Korea.
So today, "there is absolutely no interaction with North Korea whatsoever on any defense related matters," he said.
Musharraf reassured that there has been "no transfer of, and no proliferation of" nuclear technology to North Korea.
The Pakistani leader called the news conference at the end of his three-day visit to South Korea.
Pakistan has been accused of supplying nuclear secrets, including uranium-enrichment technology, to North Korea in return for missile technology from North Korea.
North Korea is under increasing international pressure from the United States and its allies to abandon its nuclear weapons programme.
Bureau Report