The United States takes seriously reports of deliveries of rocket engines from Ukraine to North Korea. This statement, as RIA Novosti reports, made at a press briefing, state Department spokesman Heather Nauert.
“Of course, we know about this message. This is a question that we take very seriously, if such a case was,” she said.
“In the past, as I know, Ukraine has prevented the delivery of important materials to countries that cause us serious concern,” said Neuert.
“We do not comment on intelligence reports. In Ukraine, I must say, a very solid history of efforts in the field of non-proliferation, including in respect of the DPRK,” — said the representative of the state Department.
August 14, the New York Times, citing sources in the American intelligence community and experts of the International Institute for strategic studies (IISS) reported that the DPRK tested the latest ballistic missiles, the engines, the technology of which could be obtained with the Ukrainian “Yuzhmash.”
General designer of KB Alexander Degtyarev stated that none of the employees could not assist North Korea. He categorically rejected the version about the possibility of a direct supply of engines in the DPRK.