Roscosmos denies cooperation with North Korea

MOSCOW - 19 August 2017: Russian space agency (Roscosmos) denied its alleged cooperation with North Korea in missile technologies, TASS news agency reported on Friday.

In a statement for Roscosmos, it said that Roscosmos and its affiliates do not carry out interaction with North Korea within their competences, because in their activity they strictly comply with Russian legislation, international rules of control of weapons and non-proliferation, including the control of missile technologies.

It added that the agency strictly abide by instructions and restrictions imposed by the UN Security Council.

Also, Ukraine denied that it alleged supplied any weapons or military technologies to North Korea after media reports accused Ukraine of supplying North Korea with ballistic missile technology.