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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Cuba admits is his hidden weapons in North Korean vessel

The North Korean-flagged ship held in Panama carrying 240 tons  metric defensive armament " obsolete "belonging to Cuba" to be repaired and returned "to the island, according to a Cuban government official statement released Tuesday. The Cuban Foreign Ministry said that such weapons is " two complexes Volga and Pechora anti-aircraft missile Nine rockets in parts and pieces, two Mig-21 Bis aircraft and 15 engines of this type of aircraft, all manufactured in the mid past ". The government statement of  Cuba, signed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was read on state television newscast. "The agreements signed by Cuba in this area are based on the need to maintain our defensive capabilities to preserve national sovereignty, "the Cuban official statement, released almost 24 hours after Panama reported the discovery of weapons in North Korean freighter. Panama continued to inspect the North Korean vessel from Cuba whose warehouses found until now, hidden under tons of sugar, a fire control system of Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles. In the North Korean ship had about 220,000 pounds of sugar , but when "we started to unload sugar found presume containers which have a sophisticated missile team and that's not allowed , "said Panamanian President Ricardo MartinelliApparently, the ship passed through the Panama Canal on 1 June, bound for Cuba,but after that date will not be seen again until July 11 in Manzanillo, supposedly to reach North Korea. Due to various UN sanctions, North Korea has banned export and import any kind of weapons , measures were intensified after the last p regime's nuclear ROOF on 12 February.

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