Export Weapons Korut reach U.S. $ 100 Million

SEOUL - MI: Export guided missile North Korea (Korut) and other weapons worth increased about 100 million dollars years ago mainly because of tensions in the Middle East, said the news a newspaper South Korea (South Korea), Monday (12 / 1).

Communist countries that follow a course of the sharp decrease in the export of weapons in 2007 because of international sanctions after a trial-trial rudal and an atom bomb in 2006. Last year the value of sales overseas senjatanya increased to about 100 million dollars or more than 10 percent total export, said the newspaper Dong-a Ilbo.

The newspaper quoted a Seoul government official who is not mentioned his name as saying that progress in negotiations concerning the six-country nuclear disarmament Korut years ago to help the sale of weapons Korut more.

Newspaper proclaim that buyers feel the burden of the less political in buying weapons such as negotiations have made some progress. Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America it is reported to be the purposes of the export of weapons.

"Countries say the Middle East has purchased a large amount of weapons Korut because of the military confrontation with Israel," said the official was quoted in the newspaper.

Korut say rudal supply-rudal to Syria, and Washington officials say Iran is present in the test launch rudal Korut 2006. Ministry unifikasi South Korea and defense ministries said they could not confirm the news that newspaper.

U.S. accuse Korut weapons leading global carrier. But that country refused to export rudal, one important source of their opinions.