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North Korea warns it will take 'necessary measures' to get ship back from Mexico
Source: Reuters
North Korea warns it will take 'necessary measures' to get ship back from Mexico
Reuters at the United Nations
Wednesday 8 April 2015 22.38 BST
North Korea accused Mexico on Wednesday of illegally detaining one of its ships with some 50 crew and warned it would take “necessary measures” to release the vessel, which United Nations sanctions monitors say belongs to a blacklisted shipping firm.
The 6,700-tonne freighter Mu Du Bong, which had come from Cuba, ran aground in July on a reef 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Tuxpan in Mexico’s Veracruz state. Mexico said the ship remains in the port of Tuxpan.
North Korea’s deputy UN ambassador An Myong Hun told a small news conference on Wednesday that the Mu Du Bong was not linked to the blacklisted firm, Ocean Maritime Management Company, and therefore not subject to UN sanctions.
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The UN security council last July blacklisted Ocean Maritime for arranging an illegal shipment on the Chong Chon Gang, which was seized in Panama and found to be carrying arms, including two MiG-21 jet fighters, hidden under thousands of tonnes of Cuban sugar.
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Reuters at the United Nations
Wednesday 8 April 2015 22.38 BST
North Korea accused Mexico on Wednesday of illegally detaining one of its ships with some 50 crew and warned it would take “necessary measures” to release the vessel, which United Nations sanctions monitors say belongs to a blacklisted shipping firm.
The 6,700-tonne freighter Mu Du Bong, which had come from Cuba, ran aground in July on a reef 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Tuxpan in Mexico’s Veracruz state. Mexico said the ship remains in the port of Tuxpan.
North Korea’s deputy UN ambassador An Myong Hun told a small news conference on Wednesday that the Mu Du Bong was not linked to the blacklisted firm, Ocean Maritime Management Company, and therefore not subject to UN sanctions.
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The UN security council last July blacklisted Ocean Maritime for arranging an illegal shipment on the Chong Chon Gang, which was seized in Panama and found to be carrying arms, including two MiG-21 jet fighters, hidden under thousands of tonnes of Cuban sugar.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/08/north-korea-necessary-ship-from-mexico
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