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| N Korea denies Syria nuclear ties | N Korea denies Syria nuclear ties |
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| North Korea has denied allegations that it may be helping Syria develop a nuclear weapons facility. | North Korea has denied allegations that it may be helping Syria develop a nuclear weapons facility. |
| The foreign ministry in Pyongyang called the claims an "unskilful conspiracy" and "groundless". | The foreign ministry in Pyongyang called the claims an "unskilful conspiracy" and "groundless". |
| There were allegations last week that Syria was holding technology or materials relating to North Korea's nuclear programme. | There were allegations last week that Syria was holding technology or materials relating to North Korea's nuclear programme. |
| This follows reports that Israeli jets entered Syrian air space earlier this month and hit an unknown target. | This follows reports that Israeli jets entered Syrian air space earlier this month and hit an unknown target. |
| "Recently some US media including the New York Times have been spreading allegations that we are secretly helping Syria with its nuclear programme. Such reports are groundless and misleading," a ministry spokesman said. | "Recently some US media including the New York Times have been spreading allegations that we are secretly helping Syria with its nuclear programme. Such reports are groundless and misleading," a ministry spokesman said. |
| He also dismissed reports that North Korea could be helping Syria build a nuclear weapons facility. | He also dismissed reports that North Korea could be helping Syria build a nuclear weapons facility. |
| "We, as a responsible nuclear power, already declared in October 2006 that we will never allow the transfer of nuclear materials, and we have been sticking to this declaration," the spokesman said in a statement published by the official Korean Central News Agency. | "We, as a responsible nuclear power, already declared in October 2006 that we will never allow the transfer of nuclear materials, and we have been sticking to this declaration," the spokesman said in a statement published by the official Korean Central News Agency. |
| The suspicions were "nothing but an unskilful conspiracy" fabricated again by "impure forces" who do not want to see "progress in six-party talks and in relations between Washington and Pyongyang", the spokesman added. | |
| No comment | |
| Syria has formally complained to the United Nations about the alleged raid by Israeli aircraft over its territory. | |
| Israel has repeatedly refused to comment on the alleged raid. | |
| Syria and Israel remain technically in a state of war. | |
| Peace talks broke down in 2000 over the fate of the Golan Heights, the strategic plateau captured by Israel during the 1967 Middle East War. |